Green v. Whirlpool Corp.

KELLEY, Justice.

Employee seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals vacating an award on default which had been ordered by a settlement judge. We affirm on the ground that the settlement judge did not have authority to grant employee’s motion for the default award.

The facts on which the settlement judge granted that motion are not in dispute. On December 7, 1984, employee’s attorney filed a claim petition seeking permanent partial disability benefits for injuries employee had sustained in April 1983. Pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 176.285 (1984), he served a copy by…