MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES v. SIOSON

No. 93-1825.

529 N.W.2d 259 (1995)

MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Miya SIOSON, Claimant, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki L. Seeck of Betty, Neuman & McMahon, Davenport, for appellants.

Paul J. McAndrew, Jr. of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, P.L.C., Iowa City, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Is a workers' compensation insurer required to provide a van (the insurer agrees to convert and equip it) for a worker who became a quadriplegic as a result of injuries sustained on the job? Under the extraordinary circumstances appearing here, we think the industrial commissioner was not incorrect in answering yes. A threshold question is the insurer's challenge to the statutory avenue chosen to present the key question. Both parties appeal from...

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