Wilson v. IBP, Inc.

LARSON, Justice., This case presents a very narrow issue: Do punitive damages accrue interest from the date of a jury’s verdict or from some later date. The district court opted for the earliest date, and the defendants appealed. We affirm.-

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Detailed facts of this case are set out in a prior appeal, Wilson v. IBP, Inc., 558 N.W.2d 132 (Iowa 1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 118 S.Ct. 52, 139 L.Ed.2d 17 (1997) (Wilson I). Briefly, Wilson was an employee of IBP when he filed a workers’ compensation claim for job injuries. IBP’s occupational health nurse, Diane Arndt,…