Gilbert v. Star Tribune/Cowles Media

WAHL, Justice.

This workers’ compensation matter is before us by certiorari upon the relation of Marty Gilbert, employee, to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirming a compensation judge’s determination that the employee’s motor vehicle accident on September 17, 1989, did not arise out of and in the course of his employment with the Star Tribune/Cowles Media. 1 Concluding that the employee’s accident arose out of and in the course of employment where the employee was required to bring his own vehicle for use in the performance of his job duties, we reverse.

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