Moon v. BD. OF TRUSTEES MUN. FIRE & POL.

LARSON, Justice.

In Dunlavey v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co., 526 N.W.2d 845 (Iowa 1995), we recognized for the first time a workers’ compensation claim under Iowa Code chapter 85 (1993) for a “mental/mental” injury, ie., a mental injury without an accompanying physical injury. In the present case, the issues are whether the same test should be applied to an accidental disability claim under Iowa Code section 411.6(5) (1993) and, if so, whether the facts support recovery under that test. The board of trustees applied a legal test substantially similar to Dunlavey’s and concluded that the…