SECOND INJURY FUND OF IOWA v. GEORGE

No. 05-1957.

737 N.W.2d 141 (2007)

SECOND INJURY FUND OF IOWA, Appellant, v. Jackie GEORGE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Shirley A. Steffe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Corey J.L. Walker of Walker & Billingsley, Newton, for appellee.


WIGGINS, Justice.

On further review the Second Injury Fund asks us to decide whether a prior injury to a left leg qualifies as a first loss under Iowa Code section 85.64 (1999). The Fund also asks us to decide whether a bilateral injury will qualify as a second loss under section 85.64. Because the claimant's loss in May 1996 qualifies as first loss under section 85.64, and the claimant's injury to her right leg in a subsequent bilateral injury qualifies as a second...

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