Arguments over whether pre-existing conditions contribute to or cause a workplace injury can be difficult to resolve and lead to protracted legal battles.
An Iowa worker appealed several unfavorable rulings, but he still didn’t prevail when the state’s Court of Appeals finally ruled on the case in October.
The story about the ruling in Hayes v. Christian Retirement Homes Inc. was the 10th-most-read workers compensation-related story on Business Insurance’s website in 2025…