Employer failing to insure.

Iowa Code § 87.21, under Chapter 87. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OR EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY INSURANCE.

Iowa Code § 87.21

; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; courier new tur ; arial (vietnamese) ; courier new (arabic) ; times new roman ce ; tahoma (vietnamese) ; arial (hebrew) ; times new roman cyr ; courier new greek ; symbol ; tahoma (hebrew) ; arial ; arial baltic ; arial tur ; times new roman (arabic) ; courier new ; imperial bt ; tahoma ce ; wingdings ; tahoma cyr ; times new roman tur ; courier new ce ; tahoma ; courier new (hebrew) ; arial (arabic) ; courier new baltic ; courier new cyr ; times new roman ; tahoma baltic ; tahoma (arabic) ; arial ce ; courier new (vietnamese) ; tahoma (thai) ; times new roman greek ; tahoma greek ; tahoma tur ; times new roman (hebrew) ; times new roman baltic ; times new roman (vietnamese) ; arial greek ; arial cyr ; \* .; ; ; .; ; ; .; ; ; .; ; ;  ?; ; ;  ?; ; ;  ?; ; ;  ?; ; ; .; ; ;  ?; ; ; Normal ; heading 1 ; heading 2 ; heading 3 ; heading 4 ; heading 5 ; heading 6 ; heading 7 ; heading 8 ; heading 9 ; Balloon Text ; Block Text ; Body Text ; Body Text 2 ; Body Text 3 ; Body Text First Indent ; Body Text First Indent 2 ; Body Text Indent 2 ; Body Text Indent 3 ; caption ; Closing ; annotation text ; annotation subject ; Date ; Document Map ; E-mail Signature ; endnote text ; envelope address ; envelope return ; footer ; footnote text ; header ; HTML Address ; HTML Preformatted ; index 1 ; index 2 ; index 3 ; index 4 ; index 5 ; index 6 ; index 7 ; index 8 ; index 9 ; index heading ; List ; List 2 ; List 3 ; List 4 ; List 5 ; List Bullet ; List Bullet 2 ; List Bullet 3 ; List Bullet 4 ; List Bullet 5 ; List Continue ; List Continue 2 ; List Continue 3 ; List Continue 4 ; List Continue 5 ; List Number ; List Number 2 ; List Number 3 ; List Number 4 ; List Number 5 ; macro ; Message Header ; Normal (Web) ; Normal Indent ; Note Heading ; Plain Text ; Salutation ; Signature ; Subtitle ; table of authorities ; table of figures ; Title ; toa heading ; toc 1 ; toc 2 ; toc 3 ; toc 4 ; toc 5 ; toc 6 ; toc 7 ; toc 8 ; toc 9 ; \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ 87.21 \~\~ Employer failing to insure. \~\~ Any employer, except an employer with respect to an exempt employee under section 85.1 , who has failed to insure the employer’s liability in one of the ways provided in this chapter , unless relieved from carrying such insurance as provided in section 87.11 , is liable to an employee for a personal injury in the course of and arising out of the employment, and the employee may enforce the liability by an action at law for damages, or may collect compensation as provided in chapter 10A, subchapter III , and chapters 85 , 85A , and 85B . In actions by the employee for damages under this section , the following rules apply: \~\~ 1. \~\~ It shall be presumed: \~\~ a. \~\~ That the injury to the employee was the direct result and growing out of the negligence of the employer. \~\~ b. \~\~ That such negligence was the proximate cause of the injury. \~\~ 2. \~\~ The burden of proof shall rest upon the employer to rebut the presumption of negligence, and the employer shall not be permitted to plead or rely upon any defense of the common law, including the defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of risk and the fellow servant rule. \~\~ 3. \~\~ In an action at law for damages the parties have a right to trial by jury. [C24, 27, 31, §1479; C35, §1479, 1481-e1; C39, § 1479, 1481.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §87.21 , 87.24 ; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §26 , ch 1221, §3 ] 83 Acts, ch 36, §4, 8 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1759