City of Madrid v. Blasnitz

TERNUS, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves a workers’ compensation insurer’s challenge to an award of penalty benefits by the workers’ compensation commissioner. The district court ruled the commissioner had applied an incorrect standard in determining the employer’s liability for penalty benefits under Iowa Code section 86.13 (2003). and concluded the case should be remanded to the commissioner for reconsideration of penalty benefits under the appropriate test. Upon the employer’s appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the district court’s remand to the commissioner.

We conclude the…