CROFT v. JOHN MORRELL & CO.

No. 89-369.

451 N.W.2d 501 (1989)

Wilton CROFT, Appellant, v. JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Kelly and Jeff M. Margolin of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, and E.W. Wilcke, Spirit Lake, for appellant.

Dick H. Montgomery of Greer, Montgomery, Barry & Bovee, Spencer, for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and HAYDEN, JJ.


OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The principal question in this appeal is whether a worker's compensation claim by employee Wilton Croft is barred by time limitations.

Petitioner was employed by respondent John Morrell & Company from 1947 to 1985. Croft worked on the kill-floor of a pork plant from 1973 until his retirement. There he was exposed to steam, drafts, hog odors, and ammonia leaks. Croft was seen at the Fairmont Medical Clinic on April 6, 1982, "complaining...

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