Healthcare workers filed a law suit against the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, alleging they aren’t being paid on time for extra work. The plaintiffs hoped to have the case recognized as a class action, and say there are thousands of potential members who also not being paid in a timely fashion. Attorney Nate Willems represented the workers.

A unanimous Iowa Supreme Court recently gave an Eastern Iowa woman a victory over the Attorney General’s Office.  In Dee Delaney v. Second Injury Fund of Iowa, the Supreme Court overturned an agency decision and found Delaney is entitled to bring a claim for benefits.

Client sustained an injury to her knee based on cumulative or repetitive trauma. The Discovery Rule was used to toll the running of the statute of limitations and notice provisions.

Butz v. Frontier Natural Products. File No. 5024797 (March 25, 2010). The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the decision.