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Iowa Code Section 85.34(2)(x) Upheld as Constitutional in Workers’ Compensation Matter
  • posted: Mar. 25, 2022

The Patterson Law Firm and attorneys Michael J. Miller and Brittany N. Salyars successfully defended an employer in a workers’ compensation matter, asserting that Iowa Code section 85.34(2)(x), which applies Read More

Work Comp Defendants Need to Appeal to Courts to Get Proper Temporary Benefit Overpayment Credits
  • posted: Nov. 22, 2013
  • jhart

Since the Iowa Supreme Court ruling in Swiss Colony v. Deutmeyer, 789 N.W.2d 129 (Iowa 2010), claimant attorneys began to argue that the expansive language in the Deutmeyer ruling applied Read More

Survey of Recent Work Comp Decisisons – Back Injuries, No Surgery, but Loss of Job
  • posted: Sep. 03, 2013
  • jhart

Nelson v. Fitzpatrick Auto Center, Inc.; File Number 5039313 (3/20/2013): 50 yr. old with GED and post-secondary training at the Job Corps in Nebraska; prior work experience includes farm work, Read More

Survey of Recent Work Comp Decisisons – Back Injuries with Surgery and Loss of Job
  • posted: Aug. 30, 2013
  • jhart

Sturgeon v. Construction Materials Testing; File Number 5039298 (5/14/2013): 56 yr. old high school graduate with additional work certifications in construction; prior work experience includes welding production, testing services attendant; Read More

Further Defining of "Suitable Work" in Iowa Code 85.33(3) for Temporary Partially Disabled Workers
  • posted: Jun. 18, 2013
  • jhart

Iowa Code Section 85.33(3) directs that if an employee is temporarily or partially disabled and the employer offers him suitable work consistent with the employee’s disability, the employee must accept Read More

Survey of Recent Work Comp Decisisons - Back Injuries with Surgery and Return to Job
  • posted: Nov. 14, 2012
  • jhart

Cozad v. Russell Corporation; File Number 5015753 (7/26/12): 41 yr. old high school graduate with some community college classes; prior work experience includes food service, road construction, press operator, clerical, Read More

Survey of Recent Work Comp Decisisons - Shoulder Injuries with Surgery and Loss of Job
  • posted: Nov. 09, 2012
  • jhart

Cummings v. Care Initiatives; File Numbers 5036558; 5036559 (8/10/12): 32 yr. old high school graduate; CNA certificate; prior work experience included daycare, management, factory work; worked for the nursing home Read More

Workers’ Compensation Healing Periods
  • posted: Oct. 01, 2012
  • jhart

Healing periods are no longer limited to one-per-injury. The Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling in Waldinger Corp. v. Mettler earlier this summer expanded the possibility of healing periods and an employer’s Read More

Re-Evaluating Iowa Code 85.34(4) and (5) and Deutmeyer
  • posted: Jul. 06, 2012
  • jhart

It seems like a fairly easy concept … if an employer and carrier pay more benefits than what is statutorily required in a workers’ compensation claim, then they get a Read More

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