Settlement Doesn't Bar Comp Claim, but Statute of Limitations Does

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s settlement with the Second Injury Fund did not bar him from pursuing a claim for injuries against an insurance carrier for his family farm, but the statute of limitations did. Case: Tweeten v. Tweeten, No. 22-2081, 12/22/2023, published. Facts: Corey Tweeten worked for his dad on the family's Tweeten Farms. He injured his right arm at work in July 2017 while cleaning a grain bin. A magnetic resonance imaging scan indicated that he had a deltoid insertional tear. Dr. Bryan Warme performed surgery to repair it and opined that Tweeten...