Keklah v. Gebert's Floor Coverings

COYNE, Justice.

The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversed the compensation judge’s determination that employee worked in the construction industry and that he was entitled to economic recovery compensation. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In 1979, David Keklah started working as a carpet installer with a commercial installation company that dealt primarily in new construction. He was a member of a union, Twin Cities Carpet and Linoleum and Resilient Tile Layers, Local 596, a division of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. In 1987, he started…