Legal Opinion
Iowa Contractors Workers' Compensation Group v. Iowa Insurance Guaranty Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 22, 1989No. 88-96PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVORATO, Justice.
In this declaratory judgment action, the Iowa Contractors Workers’ Compensation Group (Group) asked the district court to rule that the Iowa Insurance Guaranty Association (Association) was liable for unpaid claims owed to the Group by an insolvent insurance company. The district court decided that the Association was indeed liable. We agree and affirm.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
In Iowa a number of statutory provisions establish a comprehensive scheme to provide statutory benefits to injured Iowa workers. See Iowa Code chs. 85, 85A, 85B, 87 (1987). Iowa Code section…
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