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BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE v. ACCORDINO

No. 95-2169.

561 N.W.2d 60 (1997)

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, Employer, and Pacific Employers Insurance, Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Cathy ACCORDINO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie A. Landis and Anne L. Clark of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Robert W. Pratt and Max Schott, Des Moines, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Craig Kelinson, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Julie Burger, Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae Iowa Industrial Commissioner.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal involves a routine workers' compensation case made unnecessarily complex by the district court's refusal to adjudicate the controversy on its merits. We reverse and remand to the district court for the judicial review contemplated by Iowa Code section 17A.19 (1995).

The salient facts are not disputed. Cathy Accordino worked for Bridgestone/Firestone as a tire trimmer. She claimed benefits for cumulative work injury resulting in...

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