Court of Appeals Reverses District Court Decision, Affirms 50% Industrial Disability Award
In First Fleet Corp. v. Hannam, No. 14-1254 (Iowa App. July 9, 2015), the court affirmed the decision of the agency finding that claimant's shoulder injury and nervous system injury had resulted in a 50% industrial disability for claimant. Claimant had suffered admitted injuries to his legs as a result of a hit and run accident while he was driving truck, and an IME (Dr. Creighton) demonstrated that there was a 3% rating as a result of a gait derangement, a 19% impairment from loss of motion in the right hip, 3% for trochanteric bursitis and 3% for a shoulder injury associated with the accident. Restrictions of minimal walking and not lifting more than 30 pounds and not lifting anything overhead were imposed. A DME by Dr. Neff indicated there was a 1% impairment as a result of skin change over the sensory distribution to the right lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. No work restrictions were imposed. Dr. Conte, who had treated claimant, found a 0% functional i...