Leahy v. St. Mary's Hospital

SIMONETT, Justice.

This appeal raises questions as to whether a workers’ compensation claim for retraining benefits is governed by the law in effect at the time of the work-related injury or by the law as subsequently changed. Both the employee and the employer-insurer seek review here of the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for recomputation of the retraining benefits.

Patricia Ann Leahy, the employee-respondent, injured her back in 1956 while working as a nurse’s aid for relator St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.…