Lydy v. Trustaff, Inc./Wausau Insurance Company

*175Robinson, J.,

¶ 20. dissenting. This is a tough case. In my view, it pits a longstanding- agency interpretation — never court-tested, but by now woven into the fabric of our workers’ compensation system — against a clear legislative directive reflected in the applicable statute. A ruling in either direction must stray from an important core principle — deference to the agency charged with administering our workers’ compensation laws on the one hand, and fealty to the will of the Legislature, as reflected in the language and purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act on the other.

¶ 21. Like the…