BROWN v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 93-658.

513 N.W.2d 762 (1994)

Greg BROWN, Plaintiff, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iris J. Post and David C. Duncan of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for defendant.

John Riccolo and David L. Baker of Riccolo & Baker, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa has certified two questions to this court arising out of a suit for bad-faith failure to pay workers' compensation benefits. The questions posed are as follows:

1. When does a cause of action for bad faith failure to pay workers' compensation benefits accrue—the date the claim is denied by the insurer, the date the industrial commissioner first determines that the injury...

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