Issacson v. Minnetonka, Inc.

OPINION

KELLEY, Justice.

A compensation judge, in denying respondent Helen Issacson’s claims for workers’ compensation benefits, found that she, an employee of Minnetonka, Inc., had failed to give the statutory notice of injury which is a precedent requirement to the successful establishment of a claim for benefits. In a split decision the Workers’ Compensa tion Court of Appeals vacated that finding and substituted a finding that the employer had received the statutory notice or had knowledge of Ms. Issacson’s alleged work injury.. 1 We reverse.

In April 1979, employee began working for employer…