The debate about shoulders and industrial disability has come to an end for now with the Iowa Supreme Court’s most recent decision, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. v. Anderson. The Court held that a work injury causing injuries to...more
After the 2017 Amendments to Iowa Code Chapter 85 provided that shoulder injuries were to be compensated functionally as scheduled member injuries, instead of industrially as whole body injuries, claimants have been looking...more
In 2017, the Iowa Legislature amended the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act to make shoulder injuries part of the schedule. Previously, shoulder injuries were treated as body as a whole injuries and compensated using an...more
I previously wrote about an Iowa workers’ compensation arbitration decision, Wood v. Vermeer Manufacturing Company, that dealt with how to compensate unscheduled work injuries under the 2017 amendments, specifically when the...more
Post-accident video surveillance, social media canvassing, medical record canvassing, and public record document searches are great ways to aggressively defend a claim. These surveillance methods can help establish an...more
A workers’ compensation arbitration decision was recently filed in what appears to be the first time the Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation has dealt with how to compensate unscheduled work injuries under the 2017...more
Effective July 1, 2019, injuries in the workplace from idiopathic and unexplained falls will be subject to a new law. On April 23, 2019, Governor Reynolds signed into law an amendment to Iowa Code section 85.61(7)....more
Note: There has been an update to this post due to legislation passed during the 2019 Iowa Legislative session. ...
The Iowa Supreme Court recently issued a decision that re-examined compensability of idiopathic injuries,...more