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· 12/23/1981

Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Shook

Citations

  • 313 N.W.2d 503
  • 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1099

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \Thus the statute is to be interpreted liberally with a view toward that objective.\
  • benefits awarded to chairman of union grievance committee injured while en route from the union hall, where he had engaged in grievance committee work, to the plant, where he was due to engage in negotiations
  • “[T]he primary purpose of the workers’ compensation statute is to benefit the worker and the worker’s dependents insofar as the statute permits. Thus the statute is to be interpreted liberally with a view toward that objective.”

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Judges: Reynoldson, McCormick, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz

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