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Workers' Compensation Defense

General Mills successfully defended against a claim for knee replacement, altered gait (hip), and hearing loss, with the Deputy Grell concluding the claimant failed to prove current health conditions and alleged loss of earning capacity were work-related.

Workers' Compensation Defense

The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision granting summary judgment to the employer and third-party administrator in a bad faith action, finding the employee could not prove the employer lacked a reasonable basis for denying workers’ compensation benefits.

Workers' Compensation Defense

Osceola Foods successfully defended a workers’ compensation claim where the deputy commissioner found the claimant failed to prove injury arising out of employment for one date and failed to prove permanent disability for another.

Workers' Compensation Defense

REM Iowa was found not responsible for payment of any permanent disability benefits in a workers’ compensation case.

Workers' Compensation Defense

Scott County District Court Judge Thomas Reidel affirmed the Commissioner’s ruling that claimant Michael Gold failed to prove entitlement to industrial disability benefits against American Honda Motor Co. and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Ins. Co.

Workers' Compensation Defense

Iowa Court of Appeals reversed the District Court, upholding the Commissioner’s rulings that the employer’s 90-day notice defense was supported by substantial evidence and that the claimant was judicially estopped from asserting a new cumulative injury date.