When there is a contested workers’ compensation claim, medical providers may not attempt to collect on a medical bill. Despite routinely sending letters to a medical provider reminding them of this, our client continued to receive bills. Rush & Nicholson was able to secure $3100 in small claims court and the medical provider agreed to stop sending bills during the process of contesting the claim.
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.
A Cedar Rapids woman was awarded more than $84,000, and her medical costs, for a serious neck injury after trial before the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
A worker for the City of Waterloo was struck by a track hoe. The City denied liability for some of the injuries. following Arbitration the City was ordered to accept all injuries, pay all medical, allow the client to direct medical care, and pay 175 weeks of permanency.
Client, who had significant low back and hip injury, sits and sleeps in his recliner more than 20 hours per day. The employer denied liability for paying for new recliner. Agency awarded new recliner.
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.
Man reaches a settlement against local school district after being diagnosed with PTSD, following lifesaving rescue of student. The claimant won at an arbitration hearing and on appeal before the work comp agency.
Man reaches a $300,000 settlement after injury to his back, tinnitus, and hearing loss.
Jim was awarded 80% industrial disability in 2011, after he was exposed to Isocyanates. His lung condition worsened in 2020 to the point where he was unable to perform even sedentary work. Jim was found permanently and totally disabled. The decision was affirmed on appeal on February 22, 2023 (Learn More).
The claimant sustained a work-related injury to her right hip, including a labral tear, in addition to the stipulated back injury. As such, it’s found that the claimant is entitled to payment by defendants for all medical expenses related to the hip injury. It’s also found that the claimant is entitled to receive temporary total disability benefits while she was off work following her surgery.