The Court of Appeals of Iowa Elaborates on What Evidence an Expert Medical Examiner May Rely Upon in Determining Causation
Recently, the Court of Appeals of Iowa elaborated in Cargill Meat Solutions Corp v Deleonregarding what evidence an expert may or more specifically may not have to rely on for that opinion to be credible...
Nebraska Supreme Court Makes it Easier for Plaintiffs to Establish Loss of Earning Capacity
Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §48-121(3), if an employee sustains a loss or loss of use of more than one scheduled member or parts of more than one scheduled member, and the loss or loss of use results in...
Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act Update – Can an Employer and Employee Contractually Define When a Commission Becomes Payable?
The Nebraska Supreme Court recently determined that an employer and an employee may contractually define when a commission becomes payable. In Coffey v. Planet Group, Inc., __N.W.2d__ (Apr. 4, 2014), the...
The Court of Appeals of Iowa elaborates on when a worker is considered an “employee” to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits in Stark Construction v Lauterwasser
Recently, the Court of Appeals of Iowa affirmed the decision of the Iowa Workers Compensation Commissioner determining a carpenter was an employee of a construction company-thus entitling the same for...