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EXCEL CORP. v. SMITHART

No. 01-0702.

654 N.W.2d 891 (2002)

EXCEL CORPORATION, Appellee, v. Joseph E. SMITHART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Emanuel of Webber, Gaumer & Emanuel, P.C., Ottumwa, and Anne L. Clark of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Dorothy L. Kelley, Des Moines, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

In this workers' compensation appeal, we are asked to revisit our rule governing apportionment of disability resulting from multiple work injuries, and our rule governing employer accommodations in determining industrial disability. The workers' compensation commissioner awarded benefits to the worker based on a finding of two separate injuries to the same area of the body, refused to apportion the resulting disability, and refused to consider accommodations...

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