Certain Employees Excluded from Coverage under Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act
According to Iowa Code §85.1, the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act does not apply to the following: (1) An employee whose employment is purely casual and not for the purpose of the employer’s trade or...
Nebraska Supreme Court Declines to Amend its “Imperfect” Test for Work-Related Repetitive Trauma Injuries
The complexities of repetitive trauma injuries have caused many headaches for Nebraska employers and insurance carriers since these claims became recognized as compensable. Repetitive trauma injuries, by...
Court of Appeals Allows Commissioner to Pick and Choose Portions of Expert Opinions in Determining Permanent Impairment
In West Des Moines Community Schools v. Fry, 2014 WL 5475510 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014), the Court of Appeals found that it was not error for the commissioner to rely on certain parts of expert opinions,...
Circumstances in which Iowa has Jurisdiction over a Workers’ Compensation Claim
The Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act (Iowa Code §§85.1 through 85.72) requires most Iowa employers to provide benefits to eligible employees who sustain injuries arising out of and in the course of their...