CITY OF MADRID v. BLASNITZ

No. 06-0977.

742 N.W.2d 77 (2007)

CITY OF MADRID, Iowa, and EMC Insurance Companies, Appellants v. Angela BLASNITZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori A. Brandau and Michael L. Mock of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Jim Lawyer of Lawyer, Lawyer, Dutton & Drake, LLP, West Des Moines, for appellee.


TERNUS, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves a workers' compensation insurer's challenge to an award of penalty benefits by the workers' compensation commissioner. The district court ruled the commissioner had applied an incorrect standard in determining the employer's liability for penalty benefits under Iowa Code section 86.13 (2003) and concluded the case should be remanded to the commissioner for reconsideration of penalty benefits under the appropriate test. Upon...

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