Second Injury Fund of Iowa v. George

WIGGINS, Justice.

On further review the Second Injury Fund asks us to decide whether a prior injury to a left leg qualifies as a first loss under Iowa Code section 85.64 (1999). The Fund also asks us to decide whether a bilateral injury will qualify as a second loss under section 85.64. Because the claimant’s loss in May 1996 qualifies as first loss under section 85.64, and the claimant’s injury to her right leg in a subsequent bilateral injury qualifies as a second loss under section 85.64, we agree with the decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner that Fund liability is involved.

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