Legal Opinion
The Waldinger Corporation, Emcasco Insurance Company, and Second Injury Fund of Iowa v. Michael B. Mettler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 6, 2012No. 10–0502PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
On further review, we are asked to determine whether Iowa’s workers’ compensation statute allows a claimant to recover healing period benefits — after he has reached maximum medical improvement and returned to substantially similar work following a work-related injury — for a period of approximately thirteen weeks of postsurgical convalescence during which he was unable to work. The workers’ compensation commissioner awarded such benefits in this case, but the court of appeals reversed the award on the ground that Iowa Code section 85.34(1) (2011) does not authorize the…
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