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Christine Keeran
v.
Quaker Oats Company, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America and Second Injury Fund of Iowa
Appellant
Christine Keeran
Appellee
Quaker Oats Company, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America and Second Injury Fund of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Robert Rush and Christoph P. Rupprecht
Attorneys for the Appellee
Kent M. Smith
Amanda R. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Lawrence P. McClellan, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Bower and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by McDonald, J. (8 pages)
Christine Keeran appeals the denial of her request for workers’ compensation benefits for cumulative injuries to her knees. She alleges the workers’ compensation commissioner used the wrong legal standard regarding causation and the commissioner’s factual findings were not supported by substantial evidence. OPINION HOLDS: The commissioner used the correct legal standard for causation and substantial evidence supported the commissioner’s factual findings.
