DARROW v. QUAKER OATS COMPANY

No. 96-1509.

570 N.W.2d 649 (1997)

Gary DARROW, Appellant, v. QUAKER OATS COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Currie of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

James M. Peters and Webb L. Wassmer of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The narrow question on appeal is whether a worker's involuntary mental commitment tolls the two-year statute of limitation for filing a workers' compensation claim under Iowa Code section 85.26(1) (1995). Like the district court—and the industrial commissioner before it—we conclude the worker cannot rely on a mental impairment to avoid the statutory time bar. We therefore affirm the district court's summary judgment for the employer...

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