The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker provided his employer with timely notice of his cumulative trauma injury by filing his comp claim within four weeks of the date his doctor released him to return to work after undergoing back surgery.
Case: Menard Inc. v. Simmer, No. 14-2078, 08/19/2015, published.
Facts: Dale Simmer got a job with Menards in 2013. He worked his way up from the position of sales clerk to assistant manager and then to manager.
In his positions at Menards, Simmer was often required to carry goods throughout the store and to customers’ cars in the parking lot...
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