Who is responsible when an employee sustains an injury as a result of a successive accident? What if the employee is with a new employer? Or a new insurance carrier? The answer to this question depends...

The Iowa Supreme Court has adopted special rules regarding compensation for cardiovascular injuries. In order for an employer to be found liable for a cardiovascular injury, the employee must prove that...

On June 3, 2016 , the Iowa Supreme Court issued a substantive opinion in Evenson v. Winnebago. The Court’s decision included a number of findings, including that an employer’s matching contribution to an...

Iowa Code §85.39, provides for employer and employee examinations and provides an employee means to obtain an examination by a physician of their choice at the employer’s expense. After a compensable...

The employer (or its insurer) has a statutory right to be subrogated to any recovery by the employee against a third-party tortfeasor for his or her work-related injuries. For accidents occurring after...

Nebraska Revised Statute § 48-101 provides that when personal injury is caused to an employee “by accident or occupational disease,” arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, such...

Multiple Baylor Evnen Iowa Workers’ Compensation attorneys will be attending. We encourage clients to attend as well as it geared towards both legal counsel and claims’ handlers/risk manager. The...

On April 22, 2016, The Iowa Supreme Court reversed the Iowa Court of Appeals’ decision in Ramirez-Trujillo v. Quality Egg, which held Quality Egg liable for a back surgery that was unrelated to the...

The 2016 Baylor Evnen Nebraska and Iowa Workers’ Compensation Seminar took place Thursday, April 14, 2016. Attendees witnessed a mock trial presented by Baylor Evnen attorneys, and recently retired...

A decision of the Nebraska Supreme Court issued on Friday serves as a reminder that a claimant’s testimony may serve as the sole basis to support an award as to the extent of the claimant’s disability...