Second Injury Fund of Iowa v. Shank

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this proeedurally complicated judicial review proceeding, the Second Injury Fund (Fund) appeals from a district court ruling upholding two decisions of the Iowa Industrial Commissioner. The commissioner awarded Fund benefits to claimant Larry P. Shank. In upholding the commissioner’s decisions, the district court rejected the Fund’s contentions on five issues. In rejecting these contentions, the court upheld the commissioner’s rulings that (1) Shank sustained a prior loss of his left foot, (2) Shank was permanently and totally disabled, (3) considered Shank’s visual…