NIDAY v. ROEHL TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 18-0712.

934 N.W.2d 29 (2019)

Mike Marion NIDAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ROEHL TRANSPORT, INC., Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed April 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Powell of Thomas J. Reilly Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Lee P. Hook and Tyler S. Smith of Peddicord Wharton, LLP, West Des Moines, for appellee.

Heard by Potterfield, P.J., and Tabor and McDonald, JJ., but Decided by Potterfield, P.J., and Tabor and Mullins, JJ.


We must decide if a truck driver injured outside of Iowa is entitled to workers' compensation benefits under Iowa Code section 85.71(1)(b) (2014). The key question is whether the "contract of hire" between employer Roehl Transport, Inc. (Roehl) and employee Mike Niday was "made in this state." Because the parties assented to all terms...

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