The Iowa Court of Appeals Elaborates on the Standard for Assessing Permanent Disability in Cases of Mixed Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
In PMX Industries v. Reich, the Court of Appeals of Iowa was faced with the issue of how to assess permanent disability when a Claimant had simultaneously incurred both a scheduled member hearing loss and a separate diagnosis of tinnitus. Typically, tinnitus is...
The Court of Appeals of Iowa Appears to Increase Employers’ Liability Even in Cases of Purely Idiopathic Falls.
Recently, in AARP v. Whitacre, the Court of Appeals of Iowa found an employer liable for a workers’ compensation claim even when the parties admitted that the fall leading to the Claimant’s injury arose...
A Developing Trend in the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Courts – For an Independent Medical Examiner to be Appointed in a Case, a Dispute Between Two Doctors Must be Present.
In May of this year, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court in Maslonka v. Falewitch Construction Services Inc. DOC: 211 NO. 0602 (2013), held that there must be a dispute between two doctors on record...
The Supreme Court of Iowa Clarified the Statute of Limitations Provisions in I.C.A. §85.26(2) in Circumstances Where an Employer’s Payment of Indemnity Benefits Cease Prior to an Arbitration Award.
In Coffey v. Mid Seven Transportation Co. 2013 WL 1922810 (Iowa 2013), the Supreme Court of Iowa determined that the statute of limitations to request further benefits runs at the later of the last...