NEBRASKA COURT OF APPEALS ADDRESSES THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR CLAIM DENIAL
In Perez Yax v. Packers Sanitation Servs., the Nebraska Court of Appeals addressed what type of evidence may create a reasonable basis for the denial of workers’ compensation benefits and what actions may be considered “willful negligence.” The opinion was not...
NAVIGATING INJURIES CAUSED BY HORSEPLAY IN THE WORKPLACE IN IOWA
Under Iowa law, for a workplace injury to be compensable it must both “arise out of” and be “in the course of” employment. Horseplay in the workplace is an activity that may or may not be a deviation from work, and thus not “in the course of” employment for...
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IOWA SUPREME COURT PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON SETTLING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS WHEN A SECOND INJURY FUND CLAIM IS INVOLVED
One of the most challenging aspects of managing a claim in which the employee is also alleging a Second Injury Fund claim is achieving a full and final settlement. Recently, the Iowa Supreme Court handed down a decision in Kingsbury v. Second Injury Fund, which has...