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Case No. 21-1934

David Knaeble
v.
John Deere Dubuque Works

Appellant

David Knaeble

Appellee

John Deere Dubuque Works

Attorney for the Appellant

Mark J. Sullivan

Attorney for the Appellee

Dirk J. Hamel

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
21-1934
Date Published:
Nov 17, 2022
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Jeffrey D. Farrell, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ.  Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J.  (7 pages)

            David Knaeble appeals from a district court order affirming the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission’s award of disability benefits, arguing the commissioner “grossly under compensate[ed]” him “for his successive injuries”; erred in applying the statutory credit provision; and erred in finding a combined industrial disability figure of thirty-five percent.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the district court’s order affirming the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission’s award of disability benefits to Knaeble.

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