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WALSH v. SCHNEIDER NAT. CARRIERS

No. 92-958.

497 N.W.2d 895 (1993)

M.J. WALSH, Appellant, v. SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, Employer, and Cigna Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Mann, Jr. of Mann & Mann Law Office, Des Moines, for appellant.

Charles E. Cutler and Coreen K. Bezdicek of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The question in the present case is whether the industrial commissioner was empowered to dismiss a claimant's petition for workers' compensation benefits on the grounds that claimant had failed to comply with numerous agency orders regarding discovery. The claimant argues that the industrial commissioner does not have the inherent power to dismiss a claim or employ sanctions. We disagree, and affirm the judgment...

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