A whistleblower lawsuit related to human experiments at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center is entering its fourth year of litigation with a judge now considering the state's arguments for dismissal.
In 2020, several former employees of Glenwood sued the state and several administrators who oversaw the western Iowa care facility for individuals with disabilities. The lawsuit was based on claims of wrongful termination and violations of the state's whistleblower-protection law.
The six plaintiffs, including Dr. John Heffron and Dr. Michael Langenfeld, have claimed they faced retaliation for blowing the whistle on efforts by former Glenwood superintendent Jerry Rea to perform sexual-arousal experiments on residents of the home.
They also allege that Rea's superiors at the Iowa Department of Human Services did little or nothing in response to the complaints they made about Rea's conduct. Those superiors include then-DHS director Jerry Foxhoven and then-DHS administrator Rick Shults.
A 'dark chapter of Iowa history'
Foxhoven and Rea were fired by the state shortly after the experiments came to light. Shults, who approved the...
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