Legal Opinion

Harned v. Farmland Foods, Inc.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 16, 1983No. 67785PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Justice.

The parties here dispute even the nature of their dispute. Defendants, employer and insurance company, see the suit as a workers’ compensation case. Plaintiffs think the suit merely arose as an aftermath of a workers’ compensation case. Either way we think the trial court was correct in holding the dispute belonged before the industrial commissioner. We affirm a ruling which sustained defendants’ motion to dismiss.

In filing their motion to dismiss defendants, for the purposes of the motion, assume plaintiffs’ allegations of fact. Ruling of such a motion is not discretionary;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McSpadden v. Big Ben Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  2. Fabricius v. Montgomery Elevator CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
  3. Gibson v. National Ben Franklin InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Berger v. General United Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  5. Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. ShookSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Travelers Insurance Co. v. SavioSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  2. Wilson v. IBP, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  3. Tigges v. City of AmessSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. Zurich Insurance Co. v. MitchellKentucky Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Toby Thornton v. American Interstate Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 2017

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