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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 1-228 / 10-1805 Filed April 27, 2011

SWIFT PORK COMPANY and GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, Petitioners-Appellants, vs. FELICIANO GARCIA-DIAZ a/k/a FELICIANO GARCIA, Respondent-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge. The employer and its insurer appeal from the district court's ruling on judicial review affirming the workers' compensation commissioner's decision. AFFIRMED.

Timothy W. Wegman and Joseph M. Barron of Peddicord, Wharton, Spencer, Hook, Barron & Wegman, L.L.P., West Des Moines, for appellant. Bruce H. Stoltze of Stoltze & Updegraff, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Doyle and Tabor, JJ.

2 DOYLE, J. Swift Pork Company (employer) and Gallagher Bassett Services (insurance carrier) appeal from an adverse ruling on their petition for judicial review of the final agency decision of the Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner. Appellants argue the district court erred in affirming the

Commissioner's finding that Feliciano Garcia Diaz (Garcia) met his burden of proof that his injury extends into the body as a whole, and in affirming the Commissioner's finding that Garcia is permanently totally disabled. We have reviewed the thorough and well-reasoned decision of the district court and conclude the district court's ruling should be affirmed without opinion. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (c), (d). AFFIRMED.



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