Karnes v. Quality Pork Processors

OPINION

COYNE, Justice.

We review a decision of the court of appeals holding that in a retaliatory discharge action, the district court did not have jurisdiction to rule on the validity of a release from liability contained in a workers’ compensation settlement agreement. Karnes v. Quality Pork Processors, 514 N.W.2d 597 (Minn.App.1994). We reverse the decision of the court of appeals, reinstate the decision of the trial court, and remand for further proceedings.

In 1989, while employed by Quality Pork Processors, Bonnie Karnes sustained a com-pensable injury resulting in bilateral carpal tunnel…