Mycogen Seeds v. Sands

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

In this workers’ compensation proceeding involving two successive work-related injuries, the employee, Larry Sands, appeals from a district court judgment affirming the interim commissioner’s (commissioner) decision. Sands contends the commissioner and district court erred in applying Iowa’s apportionment statute, refusing to abide by the parties’ stipulation for the commencement date of permanent partial disability payments for the first injury, denying Sands his spouse’s lost wages caused by her transportation of him for medical treatment, and failing to award him…