Willson v. City of Des Moines

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the IMTCA “provides the exclusive remedy for any civil action against a municipality or one of its officers”
• noting a plaintiff’s “amended petition significantly expanded the scope of the litigation” because its new claim arose from “a separate incident” that occurred “after” the events alleged in the original pleading
• plaintiff could pursue § 1983 claim against municipality even though former Iowa Code Ch. 613A, now Iowa Code Ch. 670, purported to provide the exclusive remedy against a municipality for violations of civil rights
• “We have long recognized this common law tort and have adopted the elements of false light invasion of privacy as set forth in the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652E (1977
• plaintiff could pursue § 1983 claim against municipality even though former Iowa Code Ch. 613A, now Iowa Code Ch. 670, purported to provide the exclusive remedy against a municipality for violations of civil rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).