Nicholas Rowe v. City of Minneapolis The Rowe v. City of Minneapolis decision addresses how an employer and insurer can rebut the statutory presumption that certain first responders’ post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) diagnoses are occupational diseases for purposes of workers’…
Changes Effective Immediately Minn. Stat. § 176.155, Subd. 1. Employer’s Physician Allows employees to have a personal physician or unpaid witness present at an IME. It is still the responsibility of the employee to cover the cost for their personal…
Commute or special errand? The Minnesota Supreme Court weighs in—and the answer has important implications for hybrid work and compensability. Read our full breakdown below to see how this decision may impact claims handling moving forward. 👇 The Ludwig v.…
The employee worked as a math teacher and several of her students asked her to play basketball with them after school. The employee testified that the school principal and basketball coach gave her permission to participate in an after-school practice.…
Peterson v. City of Minneapolis The employee, a police officer, claimed he sustained a work-related injury in the nature of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Because he was a police officer, he was entitled to the statutory presumption his PTSD was work-related.…
Aafedt Forde shareholders Robin D. Simpson and Sean Taylor represented the employer/insurer in Jurgenson v. Dave Perkins Contracting, Inc. before the Minnesota Supreme Court. The case centered on whether a contingent attorney fee above the statutory cap must be approved if the parties…
Dawn M. Simonson v. Douglas County, and Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust This case involves a previous version of the retirement presumption under MN Statutes section 176.101, subdivision 4 (2016), in the Workers’ Compensation Act, which presumed, for the purposes of…
PPD Increase Permanent Partial Disability is increasing for dates of injury on or after October 1, 2023 to the following:
An employee had left knee surgery in 1993 and then began working at a Wal-Mart store in 2005. In 2011 the employee went to a doctor and said her work activities were increasing her knee pain. Eventually, the employee had…
The employee was brutally stabbed by a personal acquaintance who entered the employee’s workplace. It was determined the acquaintance believed the employee had killed his uncle. It was established the employee’s uncle had died of a heart condition without any…