IO Supreme Crt: Hepititis C Case Not Time Barred

The Iowa Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that a health care worker who contracted hepatitis C after coming in contact with a patient's blood, but didn't learn she was infected until five years later, can still get workers' comp benefits.In Perkins vs. HEA of Iowa, Inc., etc. (No. 82 / 00-1203, 09/05/02) Perkins, the plaintiff, was a nurse who was directed to change a shunt in the leg of a patient, who, unbeknownst to Perkins, had Hepatitis C. The shunt burst and sprayed the room, and plaintiff, with blood. Blood went into plaintiffs mouth, eyes and ears.Perkins was then told about the p...