John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere & Co. v. Meyers

NEUMAN, Justice.

We granted further review to appellant John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere <& Company (Deere) to consider its challenge to a court of appeals decision upholding an industrial commissioner’s award for occupational hearing loss under Iowa Code chapter 85B (1985). At issue is the applicability of the “discovery rule” to the “date of occurrence” limitation requirements of Iowa Code sections 85.26 and 85B.8. Concluding that the discovery rule is applicable to such a workers’ compensation claim, we affirm the award.

Deere has employed appellee Thomas Meyers in various positions since…