Theisen v. Covenant Medical Center, Inc.

NEUMAN, Justice.

Steven Theisen was fired from his job as security manager for Covenant Medical Center because, after he was suspected of making an obscene phone call to another employee, he refused to submit to voice print analysis to confirm or refute the accusation. Theisen sued Covenant for wrongful discharge. On Theisen’s appeal from the district court’s summary judgment for Covenant, the principal question is whether requiring an employee to submit to voice print analysis violates the letter or spirit of Iowa Code section 730.4 (1995). By its terms, section 730.4 prohibits an employer…