Rick Pruismann
v.
Iowa Tanklines, Inc. and Zurich American Insurance Company
Appellee
Rick Pruismann
Appellant
Iowa Tanklines, Inc. and Zurich American Insurance Company
Attorney for the Appellee
Jerry L. Schnurr III
Attorney for the Appellant
Valerie A. Foote
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Hamilton County, Kurt L. Wilke, Judge. REVERSED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (11 pages)
An employer and its insurer appeal the ruling of the district court on judicial review, which reversed the workers’ compensation commissioner’s decision on Rick Pruismann’s workers’ compensation claim. OPINION HOLDS: The commissioner’s findings of fact with respect to the extent of Pruismann’s industrial disability are supported by substantial evidence and the commissioner’s application of those facts in holding Pruismann suffered a forty-five percent industrial disability is not irrational, illogical, or wholly unjustifiable. The district court thus erred in failing to uphold the commissioner’s ruling.
