TYSON FOODS, INC. v. HEDLUND

No. 05-2127.

740 N.W.2d 192 (2007)

TYSON FOODS, INC., Appellant, v. Migdalia HEDLUND, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coreen K. Sweeney and Scott A. Sundstrom of Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Randall P. Schueller of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.


CADY, Justice.

In this appeal we must decide whether an employer may contest liability for an injury to its employee after admitting liability for the injury at a previous alternate medical care hearing. The workers' compensation commissioner determined the employer was unable to deny liability based on the doctrine of issue preclusion. The district court affirmed. The court of appeals also affirmed, but held the liability issue was not res judicata. Instead, the...

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