Kershner v. City of Burlington

How courts have described this case

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• refusing to exclude claim from immunity even though fire department did not follow its own written policies
• stating “the only relevant inquiry in determining whether the city has immunity under the emergency response provision is whether plaintiffs claim is ‘based upon or arising out of an act or omission in connection with an emergency response’ ”
• including the heading “[i]mmunity under Iowa Code section 670.4(11), the emergency response exemption”
• finding the emergency response exception shielded the City of Burlington from a negligence claim where the alleged negligent actions occurred in connection with firefighters’ response to a 911 call reporting a dryer fire in a residence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).