Cubit v. Mahaska County

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• stating the claim is not barred by the immunity if it “may be proved without reference to or reliance upon the [emergency response]”
• surveying cases construing Iowa statutory immunity provisions broadly and exceptions to immunity narrowly
• stating court, in considering summary judgment ruling, “View[s] the entire record in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party [and] indulge[s] in every legitimate inference that the evidence will bear’ in favor of the nonmoving party” (citation omitted)
• “We do not search for meaning beyond the express terms of a statute when the statute is plain and its meaning is clear.”
• “Where the only dispute concerns legal consequences flowing from undisputed facts, our review is limited to whether the district court correctly applied the law.” (citation omitted)
• “The plaintiff concedes the high speed chase ... was an emergency situation. Consequently, it cannot be disputed that the actions of the county’s E-911 dispatcher[s] ... occurred ‘in connection with emergency response communications services.’ ”

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