Egeland v. State

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This appeal comes to us from a judgment of the Lake County District Court dismissing appellants Walter and Lilia Egeland’s personal injury suit against respondents State of Minnesota and its employee Keith Arthur Olsen. The district court dismissed the Egelands’ suit on the ground that Walter Egeland was, as a matter of law, a state employee, and thus the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, Minn.Stat. § 176.031 (1986), prohibits the Egelands from suing the state in tort. The Egelands filed a notice of appeal with Court of Appeals raising three…