Legal Opinion
Iowa Erosion Control, Inc. v. Sanchez
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 9, 1999No. 98-83PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
Victoria Carreon Sanchez sought workers’ compensation survivor’s benefits after her thirty-year-old son, Juan Sanchez, was killed in the course of his employment with Iowa Erosion Control, Inc. The employer 1 resisted payment on the ground Mrs. Sanchez was neither wholly dependent on her son at the time of his death nor “incapacitated from earning” as that phrase is used in Iowa Code section 85.44 (1995). The industrial commissioner rejected the employer’s argument, and its decision to award benefits was subsequently affirmed on judicial review by the district court. Finding…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dowling v. SlotnikSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Kelly v. Sinclair Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1991
- Mortimer v. Fruehauf Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1993
- Henry v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986
- Second Injury Fund of Iowa v. BradenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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