Lon Tweeten d/b/a Tweeten Farms and Grinnell Mutual Insurance, Co. v. Corey Tweeten

Summary

The court held that an employee’s compromise settlement with the Second Injury Fund barred only claims concerning the subject matter of that compromise and therefore did not bar the employee’s separate claim against his employer for a later arm injury. It further held that statutory amendments limited the workers’ compensation discovery rule to the date the employee knew or should have known the injury was work-related, making the employee’s claim untimely. Because the claim was not compensable, reimbursement for the employee’s independent medical examination was also unavailable.