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Case No. 21-1851

Brian Denemark
v.
Archer Daniels Midland Company

County:
Polk

Appellant

Brian Denemark

Appellee

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Attorneys for the Appellant

Dennis Currel
Jeff Carter

Attorneys for the Appellee

Jean Z. Dickson
Peter J. Thill

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
21-1851
Date Published:
Sep 21, 2022
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Scott D. Rosenberg, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Heard by Ahlers, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ.  Opinion by Chicchelly, J.  (12 pages)

            Brian Denemark appeals the district court’s ruling on judicial review, which affirmed the workers’ compensation commissioner’s denial of two applications for alternate medical care.  OPINION HOLDS: In conducting judicial review, the district court properly applied the law on the agency’s discretion.  The district court did not make its own legal findings or require proof of his employer’s ulterior motive in denying medical care.  Finally, Denemark failed to show the agency’s decision conflicts with prior precedent.  We therefore affirm. 

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