Additional Deputy Commissioner Appointed to Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Feb 8, 2019 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Recently, Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Joseph Cortese has appointed attorney Michael Lunn to be a deputy commissioner. Michael Lunn graduated from Drake Law School and worked with a workers’ compensation insurance defense firm prior to taking this position. He will be beginning on February 18, 2019 at the Division of Workers’ Compensation. Baylor Evnen congratulates […]

New Iowa Workers’ Compensation Deputy Commissioner Joining Workers’ Compensation Commission

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Jan 31, 2019 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Recently, attorney Ben Humphrey has been retained by the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Cortese as a new deputy workers’ compensation commissioner. Deputy Humphrey will be filling a vacancy that has been left open since 2017 when Deputies Walshire and McElderry retired. We welcome Deputy Humphrey to the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission. For questions regarding Iowa […]

Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Idiopathic Falls

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Dec 7, 2018 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

On November 16, 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court rendered a decision regarding idiopathic falls onto level floors. In Bluml v. Dee Jay’s Inc. d/b/a Long John Silvers and Commerce & Industry Ins. Co., the Iowa Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Commissioner who had denied claimant’s petition for benefits. In this matter, the claimant […]