Theorin v. Ditec Corp.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is a writ of certiorari from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA). The WCCA affirmed the decision of the compensation judge that denied employee-relator Ann Theorin compensation benefits. The WCCA upheld the compensation judge’s ruling that employee was barred from receiving compensation under Minn.Stat. § 176.021, subd. 1 (1984), because she was intoxicated at the time of her injury and because her intoxication was the proximate cause of her injuries. The WCCA also rejected employee’s claim that the intoxication defense under section…