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THORNTON v. AMERICAN INTERSTATE INS. CO.

No. 15-1032.

897 N.W.2d 445 (2017)

Toby THORNTON, Appellee, v. AMERICAN INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark McCormick and Stephen H. Locher of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Tiernan T. Siems , Karen M. Keeler , and MaKenna J. Dopheide of Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C., Omaha, Nebraska, for appellee.

Deborah M. Tharnish and Sarah E. Crane of Davis Brown Law Firm, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.

Richard J. Sapp and Ryan G. Koopmans , until withdrawal, of Nyemaster Goode, P.C., Des Moines, for amici curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States and Iowa Association of Business and Industry.

In this appeal, we must resolve a workers' compensation insurer's multipronged challenge to a judgment on a jury verdict awarding $25 million in punitive damages and $284,000 in compensatory damages. The plaintiff was paralyzed below his chest in an on-the-job accident. The insurer disputed whether the employee was permanently...

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