Legal Opinion
Kolton v. County of Anoka
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 13, 2002No. C1-00-2179PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANCASTER, Justice.
We are asked to decide whether an employer that provides at no cost to its employees a long-term disability plan that limits benefits for disability due to mental illness to 24 months unless the employee is confined to a hospital or an institution licensed to provide psychiatric treatment, but does not so limit benefits for physical disabilities, discriminates because of disability in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. l(2)(c) (2000), or violates the right to equal protection under the Minnesota and United States…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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