David Swanson v. A v. Transportation, Inc. and Sparta Insurance

TABOR, Judge.

Claimant David Swanson appeals the district court's affirmance of a determination by the Iowa Workers' Compensation Commission that he failed to prove his knee injury was related to his work as a truck driver. Swanson contends the commissioner wrongly discounted uncontested expert testimony that Swanson's injury resulted from an accident when he was "gassing up" his truck. Because the administrative record supports the district court's decision, we affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings

A.V. Transportation, Inc. (A.V.) hired Swanson as a semi-truck driver in 2008. In February 2013,…