Huntzinger v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.

McCORMICK, Justice.

The main question in this appeal is whether a worker who received his last disability and medical workers’ compensation benefits in 1971 is barred by the three-year statute of limitations period in section 85.26(2), The Code, from seeking additional benefits in a review-reopening proceeding commenced in 1979. The industrial commissioner held the worker may receive medical benefits only, but the district court held the worker is entitled, because of the discovery rule, to disability benefits as well. Because we find the commissioner was right, we affirm in part and reverse…