GUMM v. EASTER SEAL SOC. OF IOWA, INC.

No. 18-1051.

943 N.W.2d 23 (2020)

Anita GUMM, Appellant, v. EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF IOWA, INC., American Compensation, Ins. Co., and SFM Companies, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 1, 2020.


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 appellees Easter Seal Society of Iowa, Inc., and SFM Companies.

Thomas D. Wolle of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC, Cedar Rapids, for appellee American Compensation Ins. Co.


This case presents the question whether a workers' compensation claimant who receives disability benefits for a traumatic injury can later recover disability benefits on a separate cumulative injury claim if the cumulative injury is based solely on aggravation of the earlier traumatic injury. Normally a claimant in this situation...

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