Court Upholds Awards Against Employer, 2nd Injury Fund for Successive Disabilities

The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the division of liability between an employer and the state Second Injury Fund for a worker’s successive disabilities. Case: Knaeble v. John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere & Co., No. 21-1934, 11/17/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: David Knaeble sustained three employment-related injuries while working for John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere & Co. The first was to his right leg and left foot in 2014; the second was to his hands and finger in 2017; and the third was to his shoulder in 2017. Knaeble filed three petitions for workers'...