FORBES v. HADENFELDT

No. 01-1121.

648 N.W.2d 124 (2002)

Dennis FORBES, Appellee, v. John HADENFELDT, Paul Steigleder, Ed Phelps, Ed Suriano, Mark Hutchinson, Greg Bopp, Jeff Turner, Gordon Miller, Tom McKinley, and Dave Fischer, Appellees, v. Rexam, Inc. and Specialty Risk Services, Lienholders, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Walker of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Davenport, for appellants.

Thomas J. Currie and Mark E. Liabo of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee Dennis Forbes.


CARTER, Justice.

Rexam, Inc. (Rexam), the employer of Dennis Forbes, appeals from the district court's order invalidating the workers' compensation lien that Rexam sought to perfect on Forbes' cause of action against several coworkers for injuries he sustained in his employment. The district court ruled that the provisions of Iowa Code section 85.22(1) (2001), allowing an employer to be indemnified out of a recovery of damages from a third party and granting the employer...

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