The Office of Governor Terry Branstad announced yesterday that the Governor has appointed Joe Cortese as Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner. Cortese is a partner at the Des Moines law firm of Huber,...

Currently there are bills pending in the Nebraska Legislature which, if approved, will affect Workers’ Compensation claims. This is a sampling of the some of the more drastic proposed bills. One bill...

As part of our continuing efforts to provide the best service for our clients, Baylor Evnen has recently joined the Iowa Self Insurers Association.  This is an organization whose mission statement is to...

In October of 2012, former Commissioner Christopher Godfrey ruled in a Declaratory Order that surveillance video of and reports pertaining to a claimant must be disclosed upon request by the claimant or...