Sylvester v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.

LARSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by a workers’ compensation insurance carrier from an order by the district court approving a settlement between the family of a deceased employee and a third-party tortfeasor. The insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Company, contends that the district court lacked jurisdiction to approve the proposed settlement because Iowa Code section 85.22(3) (1993) vests such authority exclusively in the industrial commissioner. We affirm.

Dennis Sylvester, an employee of AR-JAY Building Products, Inc., was killed in a collision with Lester Lauer, who also died as a result of…