Court Affirms Permanent Total Disability Award

In Quaker Oats v. Dobbe, No. 1-536 (Iowa App. Sept. 8, 2011), the court affirms a permanent total disability award.  Defendants made three arguments in the case: 1) whether the commissioner applied an erroneous causation standard to the facts; 2) whether the causation findings are supported by substantial evidence; and 3) whether the commissioner's permanent total disability award was supported by substantial evidence.  The court finds in favor of the claimant on all of these points.  The court specifically finds that the commissioner set forth the correct causation standards and applied those standards appropriately. Permanent total disability benefits were affirmed.

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