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A Win for Iowa Workers’ Compensation Employers and Insurance Companies: Combined Shoulder and Upper Extremity Injuries are Limited...

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

4/1/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , IA Supreme Court , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

New Iowa Supreme Court Decision Lowers the Causation Standard to Receive Workers’ Compensation for Purely Mental Injuries

The Iowa Supreme Court’s recent decision in the case Tripp v. Scott Emergency Commc’n Ctr. lowers the burden required to receive workers’ compensation for many injured workers in Iowa who suffer purely mental injuries while...more

6/13/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Employer Responsibilities , Employment Policies , Health and Safety , Human Resources Professionals , IA Supreme Court , Mental Health , State Labor Laws , Workplace Safety

A New Trend in Workers’ Compensation Shoulder Cases

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

10/21/2021 / Bodily Injury , Employer Liability Issues , OSHA , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

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