Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 85A.10 (2026)

Last exposure — employer liable

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If compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease is liable for the compensation. The notice of injury and claim for compensation shall be given and made to the employer as required under this chapter. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.10] 86 Acts, ch 1101, §1

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1980–2002 · leading case: McSpadden v. Big Ben Coal Co., 288 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1980).

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McSpadden v. Big Ben Coal Co., 288 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 16× “Section 85A.10 imposes liability upon the last employer in whose employment the claimant was injuriously exposed to the hazardous condition of employment.”

Doerfer Div. of CCA v. Nicol, 359 N.W.2d 428 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 22× “Wayne then filed a cross-petition against Doerfer, alleging Ni-col was suffering from an occupational disease and Doerfer was liable for Nicol’s claim as “the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease” under the…”

Grundmeyer v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 649 N.W.2d 744 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 85A.10 (employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of an occupational disease is liable for the compensation).”

McKeever Custom Cabinets v. Smith, 379 N.W.2d 368 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 3× “Our occupational disease statute places entire liability on the last employer in whose employment the employee was injuriously exposed, § 85A.10, but does not deal with employers’ successive insurers.”

Croft v. John Morrell & Co., 451 N.W.2d 501 (Iowa Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 6× “If the date April 6, 1982, used for notice requirements, was used for statute of limitations purposes, the time for statute of limitations had also expired.”

Muscatine Cnty. v. Morrison, 409 N.W.2d 685 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 2× “…disease statute that provides the last employer is liable for all compensation payable for an occupational disease. Iowa Code § 85A.10.”

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