Henderson v. Iles
Decision Date | 05 May 1959 |
Docket Number | No. 49721,49721 |
Citation | 250 Iowa 787,96 N.W.2d 321 |
Parties | Charles HENDERSON, Claimant, Appellant, v. Charles F. ILES and Harold McKinney, known as Film Transportation Co., Employer, Iowa Mutual Insurance Co., Insurance Carrier, Appellees. |
Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
Myles J. Kildee, Waterloo, for appellant.
Reed, Beers, Beers & Holmes, Waterloo, for appellees.
Certain phases of this case were before this court in Henderson v. Iles, 248 Iowa 847, 82 N.W.2d 731. Charles Henderson, claimant-appellant was injured as a result of a truck accident on June 11, 1954. A memorandum agreement as to compensation filed by the defendant employer and insurance carrier was approved by the industrial commissioner June 29, 1954. Pursuant to this agreement defendants paid the physician's fees, hospital bills and medical expenses to January 3, 1955 and paid claimant compensation at the rate of $28 per week for 26 weeks. When defendants refused to make further payments claimant on March 8, 1955 filed what he called an application for arbitration apparently proceeding under section 86.14. A hearing was had before the deputy industrial commissioner on June 23, 1955 in Waterloo and on July 8, 1955 the deputy industrial commissioner filed what he denominated a 'Review Reopening Decision' in which he held claimant 'disabled to the extent of 17 1/2% of the body as a whole, and granted compensation for a total of 107 1/2 weeks less the 26 weeks previously paid him. Certain additional medical and hospital bills were ordered paid by the defendants.
Claimant being dissatisfied with the decision of the deputy commissioner, on July 15, 1955 filed with the commissioner a Petition for Review under section 86.24, Code of 1954, I.C.A. The commissioner on October 1 issued an opinion stating that he had no authority to reconsider the matter. On November 4, 1955 claimant appealed to the district court of Howard County which held the commissioner erred in not reviewing the decision of his deputy and that the action of the claimant under section 86.14 was proper and further held the evidence disclosed claimant's permanent total disability and granted reliet accordingly. The defendants appealed to this court which reversed the lower court and held the action taken by the claimant was a reopening and review under section 86.34; that the hearing by the deputy commissioner, acting for the commissioner, was appealable to the district court and not reviewable by the commissioner; that since no appeal was taken within thirty days from the deputy's decision, his findings and decision were final and the district court had no jurisdiction to consider the appeal and that the holding of the deputy commissioner on the extent of disability was a determination of fact based upon substantial evidence and therefore not subject to alteration by the judgment of the district court. See Stice v. Consolidated Ind. Coal Co., 228 Iowa 1031, 291 N.W. 452; Sauter v. Cedar Rapids & I. C. Ry., 204 Iowa 394, 214 N.W. 707.
On May 10, 1957 claimant filed his petition for review stating in substance that the duration of his disability was not 107 1/2 weeks as originally believed and contemplated when the July 8, 1955 award was filed, but was as subsequent developments have proved, a permanent and total disability so far as earning capacity was concerned.
On November 7, 1957 a review hearing, referred to in the record as a review reopening was held before the commissioner, the evidence offered being in substance as follows: Claimant testified:
Doctor Cornelius P. Addison stated he treated claimant for the injuries received in the accident and thereafter until he was released. His examination of claimant on June 1, 1957 disclosed claimant's right shoulder was limited in its movement in any direction He further stated the upper portion of the back presented stiffness, rigidity, tenderness to palpation and inability to flex the upper back. 'In my opinion, he is unable to perform physical labor to provide a livelihood.' On cross-examination he testified: On re-direct: He testified claimant had no training or background qualifying him to do other than manual labor to earn a living.
Doctor John R. Walker testified he treated claimant from November 1954 until June 1957 and that he presents a rigid picture of the upper extremity, ...
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