LISA HAALAND, Claimant
v.
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION d/b/a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER -NORTH IOWA, Employer, Self-Insured, Defendant.
No. 5062844
Iowa Workers Compensation
Before the Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner
March 3, 2020
Head
Notes: 1100; 1402.30; 1801; 1803; 2501; 2502; 2907; 4000;
5-9998
APPEAL DECISION
JOSEPH
S. CORTESE II WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER
Claimant
Lisa Haaland appeals from an arbitration decision filed on
January 2, 2019. Defendant Trinity Health Corporation d/b/a
Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa, self-insured employer,
responds to the appeal. The case was heard on November 3,
2017, and it was considered fully submitted in front of the
deputy workers' compensation commissioner on December 15,
2017.
In the
arbitration decision, the deputy commissioner found claimant
failed to carry her burden of proof to establish she
sustained a neurological injury arising out of and in the
course of her employment with defendant. The deputy
commissioner found claimant failed to prove her cervical
condition was causally related to her work duties with
defendant. The deputy commissioner found claimant failed to
prove her left shoulder condition was causally related to her
work duties with defendant. As such, no temporary,
permanency, medical, or penalty benefits were awarded to
claimant. Lastly, the deputy commissioner found claimant is
not entitled to receive reimbursement from defendant for her
independent medical examination (IME) or a taxation of
claimant's costs.
On
appeal, claimant asserts the deputy commissioner erred in
failing to find claimant sustained any work-related injuries.
Claimant asserts the deputy commissioner erred in failing to
find claimant is entitled to receive temporary and permanency
benefits, in addition to penalty benefits. Claimant also
asserts the deputy commissioner erred in failing to find
defendants are responsible for claimant's unpaid medical
expenses and for the IME, and in failing to tax defendant
with claimant's costs.
I have
performed a de novo review of the evidentiary record and the
detailed arguments of the...
