A claimant who had reached maximum medical improvement is allowed to collect additional healing period benefits while recovering from surgery, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, overruling a precedent it established in 1999.Case: Waldinger Corp. v. Mettler, 10-0502, 07/06/2012.Facts: Michael B. Mettler was employed as a union plumber for Waldinger Corp. He also served in the Army Reserve and injured his ankle when he fell off a stepladder in the early 1980s. Mettler was honorably discharged from military duty in 2001 and returned to work as a plumber.Mettler injured his right ankle while working as...
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