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Code · Iowa · Chapter 686D — Covid-19 Related Liability

686D.3 Actual injury requirement in civil actions alleging COVID-19 exposure.

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A person shall not bring or maintain a civil action alleging exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 unless one of the following applies:
1. The civil action relates to a minimum medical condition.
2. The civil action involves an act that was intended to cause harm.
3. The civil action involves an act that constitutes actual malice.
2020 Acts, ch 1070, §5, 11
Section applies retroactively to January 1, 2020; 2020 Acts, ch 1070, §11
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