Opinion
No. 13–1160.
2014-03-26
DES MOINES ASPHALT & PAVING, and Liberty Mutual, Petitioners–Appellants, v. Hector Lee Anthony GOMEZ, Respondent–Appellee.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Lawrence P. McLellan, Judge. An employer and its insurer appeal from a district court ruling upholding the Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner's award of permanent total disability benefits for an employee's mental injury. AFFIRMED. Rene Charles LaPierre and Deena A. Townley of Klass Law Firm, L.L .P., Sioux City, for appellants. Joseph S. Powell of Thomas J. Riley Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.