Legal Opinion
Ehteshamfar v. UTA Engineered Systems Div.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 23, 1996No. 95-1506PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
Tinnitus is an affliction which causes a person to experience false auditory sensations, perceiving ringing sounds when no sounds exist. The industrial commissioner characterized this condition to be a hearing loss, not a separate injury to the body as a whole. We think this determination was a misapplication of law.
Petitioner Resa Ehteshamfar worked for respondent UTA Engineered Systems Division [hereinafter UTA] from June 1973 until February 1991. He both developed tinnitus and experienced a hearing loss, and eventually had to leave his employment when he could no longer…
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- Peterson v. SchwertleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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