Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Hartford Insurance Accident & Indemnity Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 26, 2003No. 01-1740PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
Elois Gardner seeks to bring a tort action for bad faith denial of benefits against her employer’s workers’ compensation insurer, Hartford Insurance Accident & Indemnity Company. Hartford argues Gardner’s tort suit is barred by the earlier workers’ compensation contested case settlement Gardner agreed to under Iowa Code chapter 85. Hartford also asserts Gardner failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. The district court agreed issue preclusion applies in this case, but found Gardner did not fail to exhaust her administrative remedies. Gardner appeals and Hartford…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hunter v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- Morgan v. American Family Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- McIlravy v. North River Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
- United Fire & Casualty Co. v. Shelly Funeral Home, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
- Heidemann v. SweitzerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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