Legal Opinion
Poyzer v. McGraw
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 16, 1985No. 83-1353PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
This was a personal injury suit by an employee of a farm partnership. The worker was seriously injured by a gas explosion and fire in a house furnished to him as a part of his employment. The partners defended in part on the ground that plaintiff’s exclusive remedy was workers’ compensation. See Iowa Code section 85.20 (1983). The case was however submitted on the theory that the employing partnership was a separate entity and that the individual partners could be sued as third parties. After the jury allowed a substantial recovery, we filed our opinion in Carlson v. Carlson,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
- Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Mease Ex Rel. Oliver v. FoxSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Schnebly Ex Rel. Schnebly v. BakerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Team Central, Inc. v. Teamco, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Clinton Physical Therapy Services, P.C. v. John Deere Health Care, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2006
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