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DENG v. FARMLAND FOODS, INC.

No. 21-0760.

972 N.W.2d 727 (2022)

Mary DENG, Appellant, v. FARMLAND FOODS, INC. and Safety National Casualty Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Zupp of Zupp and Zupp Law Firm, P.C., Denison, for appellant.

Kathryn R. Johnson and Eric T. Lanham of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., West Des Moines, for appellees.

Andrew W. Bribriesco , Bettendorf, for amicus curiae League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa.

Jason D. Neifert of Neifert, Byrne & Ozga, P.C., West Des Moines, for amicus curiae Workers' Compensation Core Group of the Iowa Association for Justice.

Jay M. Smith of Smith & McElwain Law Office, Sioux City, for amicus curiae Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and the United Food and Commercial Workers' International Union.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all participating justices joined. Mansfield and McDermott, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Mary Deng sought workers' compensation benefits for injuries she sustained to her infraspinatus muscle and labrum during the course of her employment. Deng's infraspinatus muscle injury, which is part of the rotator cuff, is the only injury at issue. Specifically, the parties raise the same legal issue addressed in

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