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Reaf­firms Minnesota’s Pro­hi­bi­tion on Men­tal Stress Claims On April 18, 2013, the Min­nesota Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion Court of Appeals (WCCA) reaf­firmed prece­dent going back three decades and held that Min­nesota does not allow men­tal stress claims. 

On April 10, 2013, the Min­nesota Supreme Court ruled that the costs of mak­ing struc­tural mod­i­fi­ca­tions to the res­i­dence of a per­ma­nently injured employee to per­mit instal­la­tion of equip­ment deemed rea­son­ably nec­es­sary to relieve the effects of the employee’s injury … Con­tinue read­ing →

On Sep­tem­ber 5, 2012, the Min­nesota Supreme Court ruled Minnesota’s Office of Admin­is­tra­tive Hear­ings (OAH) has sub­ject mat­ter juris­dic­tion to hear an employer’s peti­tion for a dec­la­ra­tion of insur­ance cov­er­age.  In Giers­dorf v. A & M Const., A11-1841 (Minn. 2012) … Con­tinue read­ing →

On August 10, 2012, the Min­nesota Supreme Court issued a 4–3 deci­sion in Ander­son v. Fron­tier Comm., A11-0834 (Minn. 2012) reaf­firm­ing an employee’s respon­si­bil­ity to pro­vide timely notice of a work-related injury to his or her employer. 

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