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Sarah Meyer: Blazing Trails from Iowa to Florida
Sarah Meyer: Blazing Trails from Iowa to Florida

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The world of Workers' Compensation can be complex. Still, it is the people and their stories that truly define the heart of the industry. Sarah Meyer is one such person whose […]
Determining Reasonable IME Fees in Iowa Requires Looking at Rates in Relevant Area
Determining Reasonable IME Fees in Iowa Requires Looking at Rates in Relevant Area

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When it comes to money, what's reasonable in one place might be too expensive somewhere else. As the Iowa high court explained in Mid American Construction LLC v. Sandlin, No. […]
Quick Hit: Iowa Investigations
Quick Hit: Iowa Investigations

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When the Iowa Workers' Compensation Division decides an investigation is required for the medical details of a worker's injury, what happens? Under Iowa law, the workers’ compensation commissioner may designate […]
What Do You Think: Was Mold Machine Operator Burned by Hot Plastic Limited to Seeking Workers’ Compensation?
What Do You Think: Was Mold Machine Operator Burned by Hot Plastic Limited to Seeking Workers’ Compensation?

Roland, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Iowa, an injured worker can sue a company or coworkers for negligence if he can show they were grossly negligent. Otherwise, in most cases, the injured employee is limited to […]
Iowa Top Court Holds that Worker didn’t Certify Experts on Time
Iowa Top Court Holds that Worker didn’t Certify Experts on Time

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Iowa, to get experts' reports into evidence, a workers' compensation claimant must certify those experts as experts within statutorily defined timeframes. Because a worker did not do so in […]
Principal Among those Injured in Iowa School Shooting
Principal Among those Injured in Iowa School Shooting

Perry, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The daughter of a high school principal injured in a school shooting in Iowa said he was protecting kids from the shooter. On Jan. 4, the first day back to school […]
What Do You Think: Did Iowa Discovery Rule Toll Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations?
What Do You Think: Did Iowa Discovery Rule Toll Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations?

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When does a worker have an injury and when should he know that he has one that might raise workers' compensation questions? Recently, an Iowa case raised questions about timeliness, […]
Iowa Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Iowa Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]