Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 85.29 (2026)
Liability in case of no dependents
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When the injury causes death of an employee who leaves no dependents, then the employer shall pay the reasonable expense of the employee’s sickness, if any, and the expense of burial, as provided in sections 85.27 and 85.28, and this shall be the only compensation; provided that if, from the date of the injury until the date of the death, any weekly compensation shall have become due and unpaid up to the time of the death, the same shall be payable to the estate of the deceased employee. [S13, §2477-m9; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1389; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.29]
\nNotes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1960–1993 · leading case: Daniels v. Hi-Way Truck Equip., Inc., 505 N.W.2d 485 (Iowa 1993).
Daniels v. Hi-Way Truck Equip., Inc., 505 N.W.2d 485 (Iowa 1993). “Iowa Code § 85.29 . Additionally, the employer or insurer must make payments to the Fund.”
Heumphreus v. State, 334 N.W.2d 757 (Iowa 1983). “I concur in the result because I agree that under the allegations of the petition it would be possible for the evidence to sustain a claim which does not fall under section 85.29; such circumstance would permit a negligence claim to be maintained under chapter 25A.”
Youngs v. Clinton Foods, Inc., 188 F. Supp. 15 (S.D. Iowa 1960). ““In all cases where an employee receives a personal injury other than for medical, surgical, and hospital services * * Section 85.29. Liability in case of no dependents.”
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