Pierce v. Robert D. Pierce, Ltd.

KELLEY, Justice.

If an employee has settled a claim brought against a former employer in another state for temporary total disability, retraining, and medical expenses, and thereafter obtains an award in Minnesota against his subsequent employer for temporary total disability and medical expenses arising out of the same disabling condition, is the later employer-insurer entitled to credit the amount of the settlement against the award? A divided Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals panel affirmed the compensation judge’s decision denying the credit. We reverse.

The underlying facts are not in…