Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State, Department of Veterans Affairs
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 13, 1987No. C7-86-817PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COYNE, Justice.
The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, by majority decision, reversed a compensation judge’s award of benefits for temporary partial disability. We reverse.
Employee Abby Johnson worked as a human services technician (nurse’s aide) at the Minnesota Veterans Home. On two separate occasions in 1983 she injured her back while lifting patients. As a result, employee has suffered a 15% permanent partial disability to her back. When employee returned to work following the second injury, she was placed on a modified job status as a nurse’s aide and was not required to do the…
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