Neuberger v. Hennepin County Workhouse

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals held that the employee’s claim was time-barred by the applicable three year statute of limitations. Minn. Stat. § 176.151, subd. 1 (1982). Joseph Neuberger sought compensation for a heart attack he suffered on October 22, 1976, while an employee of the Hennepin County Workhouse. The employer filed a first report of injury on November 12, 1976, with the Department of Labor and Industry. The employee, however, did not file the claim petition in this case until May 27, 1981, over…