IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
85.16 - WILLFUL INJURY -- INTOXICATION.
85.16 WILLFUL INJURY -- INTOXICATION.
No compensation under this chapter shall be allowed for an injury
caused:
1. By the employee's willful intent to injure the employee's self
or to willfully injure another.
2. By the employee's intoxication, which did not arise out of and
in the course of employment but which was due to the effects of
alcohol or another narcotic, depressant, stimulant, hallucinogenic,
or hypnotic drug not prescribed by an authorized medical
practitioner, if the intoxication was a substantial factor in causing
the injury.
3. By the willful act of a third party directed against the
employee for reasons personal to such employee. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2477-m, -m1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1376; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.16] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 105, § 1