Legal Opinion
McGowan v. Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 17, 1995No. C2-94-446, C4-94-447PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Diane McGowan commenced this negligence action seeking damages for injuries she sustained as a result of being raped while working as director of the homeless shelter at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. The church, arguing that the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act 1 barred the lawsuit, sought to have it dismissed on summary judgment based on the district court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In response, McGowan argued that her injuries were excluded from coverage under the Act by Minn. Stat. § 176.011, subd. 16 (1994), 2 commonly referred to as the “assault…
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