Video Undermined Evidence Supporting Benefits, Court Concludes

Substantial evidence did not support a commissioner's decision awarding benefits because surveillance video undermined the claimants' medical experts' opinions, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled. Case: Cedar Rapids Community School Dist. v. Pease, No. 9-868/09-0724, 4/8/10. Published.Facts: Christine Pease, a job coach for the Cedar Rapids Community School District, slipped and fell at work in January 2005, causing a right ankle injury. The parties did not dispute whether the injury arose out of and in the course of her employment. As a result of the injury, doctors placed a temporar...