State Wants to End Lawsuit Over Anamosa Prison Guard’s Death

The state is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to end a lawsuit by the wife of a correctional officer killed in 2021 at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. 

Sara Montague filed a wrongful death lawsuit against 26 state employees alleging they knew about inadequate training and policies that led to the murder of her husband Robert McFarland. Patrick Valencia with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office told the Iowa Supreme Court that Montague didn’t follow the rules for filing claims against all 26 employees.

Montague’s lawyer, Robert Rehkemper, says the state withheld information that would’ve allowed them to name defendants earlier in the process.

McFarland and a nurse at the prison were both killed in an attack by two inmates.

story courtesy of Radio Iowa