PERKINS v. HEA OF IOWA, INC.

No. 00-1203.

651 N.W.2d 40 (2002)

Diane PERKINS, Appellee, v. HEA OF IOWA, INC. d/b/a Clinton Retirement Village, Employer, and Insurance Company Of North America, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Woollums and Peter J. Thill of Betty, Neuman & McMahon, L.L.P., Davenport, for appellants.

James D. Bruhn of Farwell & Bruhn, Clinton, for appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

Diane Perkins contracted hepatitis C as a result of her employment at HEA of Iowa, a retirement facility in Clinton. An arbitrator awarded her workers' compensation benefits, but the award was vacated by the acting industrial commissioner. On judicial review, the award was reinstated by the district court, which ruled that the commissioner's findings, with respect to the application of our discovery rule, were not supported by substantial evidence...

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