Mertes v. National Steel Pellet Co.

YETKA, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirming a denial of “second injury” registration under Minn.Stat. § 176.131 (1988). Concluding that a technically deficient application for second-injury registration may have been curable, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The basic facts are not in dispute. In 1985, Bruce Mertes sustained a personal injury to the low back while working for H.A. Hanna Company, which accepted liability and paid temporary total benefits in the amount of $25,010.93 as well as medical benefits…