STONE CONTAINER CORP. v. CASTLE

No. 01-1291.

657 N.W.2d 485 (2003)

STONE CONTAINER CORP. and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Walker H. CASTLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Plaza and Judith Ann Higgs of Heidman, Redmond, Fredregill, Patterson, Plaza, Dykstra & Prahl, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellants.

Harold K. Widdison, Sioux City, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the industrial commissioner correctly required an injured worker's employer to pay for a laptop computer pursuant to the employer's obligation to "furnish reasonable and necessary ... appliances" under Iowa Code section 85.27 (1999). The district court affirmed the commissioner's award, but the court of appeals, in a split decision, reversed. In view of the unique...

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