142580P.pdf   08/20/2015  Edward Hagen  v.  Siouxland Obstetrics & GYN
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2580
                          and No:  14-2648
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Chief Judge Riley, and Shepherd, Circuit 
   Judges. Civil Case - Diversity - contract. Verdict in favor of employee 
   physician for wrongful discharge in violation of Iowa public policy is 
   reversed, as physician was not an at-will employee and, absent Iowa 
   Supreme Court decision on the issue, this court's holding in Mahony v. 
   Universal Pediatric Services, Inc. that the tort claim is limited to 
   at-will employees applies. Contract provided physician with a wrongful 
   discharge remedy. The Supreme Court of Iowa would hold that the exclusive 
   remedy of a medical professional practicing under the employment agreement 
   at issue is a breach of contract claim for wrongful discharge, a claim 
   physician did not pursue at trial.