Maktari v. Ford Motor Co.

COYNE, Justice.

We review on certiorari a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversing an award of temporary total benefits under Minn.Stat. § 176.101, subd. 3j. 1 We reverse and remand for further proceedings in conformance with this opinion.

In 1978 Nagib Maktari started working at the Ford Motor Company plant in Dear-born, Michigan. Following a layoff, the employee transferred to the Ford plant in St. Paul, Minnesota under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between Ford and the United Auto Workers. The same agreement authorized a return to Michigan as soon as…