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MATTER OF ESTATE OF SYLVESTER

No. 95-1880.

559 N.W.2d 285 (1997)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Dennis Raymond SYLVESTER, Deceased. Kimberly K. SYLVESTER, Individually and as Next Friend of Cody Raymond Sylvester, Appellee, v. CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Johnson, Ann M. Cisco, and James H. Carter of White & Johnson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

James P. Craig, Marsha M. Beckelman, and Terrance J. Krapfl of Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

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

LARSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by a workers' compensation insurance carrier from an order by the district court approving a settlement between the family of a deceased employee and a third-party tortfeasor. The insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Company, contends that the district court lacked jurisdiction to approve the proposed settlement because Iowa Code section 85.22(3) (1993) vests such authority exclusively in the industrial commissioner. We affirm.

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