DE DIOS v. INDEMNITY INS. CO. OF N. AM.

No. 18-1227.

927 N.W.2d 611 (2019)

Samuel DE DIOS, Appellant, v. INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA and Broadspire Services, Inc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Amended May 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bribriesco of Bribriesco Law Firm, PLLC, Bettendorf, for appellant.

Jennifer G. Cooper , and Alexander F. Koskey, III of Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia, and Jeana Goosmann and Anthony Osborn of Goosmann Law Firm, PLC, Sioux City, for appellees.

Keith P. Duffy of Nyemaster Goode, P.C., Des Moines , for amici curiae Iowa Defense Counsel Association and the American Insurance Association.


A worker was injured on the job when his vehicle was rear-ended. He filed a claim for benefits with the workers compensation commissioner. Later, he filed a bad-faith action in the district court against his employer's workers' compensation carrier and its third-party administrator. The action was removed to federal court.

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