Wagner v. Farmers Hi-Yield Fertilizer, Inc.

The Iowa Industrial Commissioner awarded claimant compensation for injuries he sustained which arose out of and in the course of his employment. On appeal to the district court the award was affirmed and defendants have appealed.

The single issue presented is whether or not claimant stands in a representative capacity of the corporation which employed him as is provided in section 85.61 (3c), Code of Iowa. Barring the application of the said section of the Code, all other attributes necessary to bring claimant within the benefits of the compensation act are conceded.

The commissioner held that…