Workers compensation settlement guide for Iowa

Workers compensation settlement guide for Iowa

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Published September 1, 2025 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team

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Iowa damages-allocation: limitation period is see statute; threshold percentage is 51.

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Citation: Iowa Code § 668.3

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  • Limitation Period: see statute
  • Threshold Percentage: 51
  • Threshold Percent: 50

US-IA comparative fault rule

The controlling primary authority for US-IA damages allocation authority (Iowa Code § 668.3) is 668.3.

668.3. 668.3 668.3 Comparative fault — effect — payment method. 1. a. Contributory fault shall not bar recovery in an action by a claimant to recover damages for fault resulting in death or in injury to person or property unless the claimant bears a greater percentage of fault than the combined percentage of fault attributed to the defendants, third-party defendants and persons who have been released pursuant to section 668.7, but any damages allowed shall be diminished in proportion to the amount of fault attributable to

Source-backed allocation summary

US-IA damages allocation controlling authority under Iowa Code § 668.3.

This source-backed page does not certify limitation periods, damages caps, case-law exceptions, or calculator formula assumptions beyond the quoted statutory allocation rule.

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Sources

All sources are official primary law published by www.legis.iowa.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.