Thilges v. Snap-On Tools Corp.

CARTER, Justice.

This appeal involves judicial review of the Industrial Commissioner’s action in fixing workers’ compensation benefits based on a cumulative injury. The proceeding was brought pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.19 (1991). The district court upheld the commissioner’s award of benefits, interest, and penalties in all respects except the computation of the appropriate wage rate. 1 Both the employee, petitioner Ruth A. Thilges, and the employer and insurance carrier, Snap-On Tools Corporation and Royal Insurance Company, appeal from that portion of the district court’s order that…