Carstens v. Mayers, Inc.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

The trial court denied the motion of appellant Mayers, Inc. for summary judgment against respondent Wayne Carstens. Car-stens, an employee of respondent Commercial Contractors Company, was injured while at work and initiated this third-party liability suit. Appellant disputes the trial court’s conclusion that appellant had failed to show its common enterprise with Commercial, so that the court had subject matter jurisdiction to examine the merits of Carstens’ claim notwithstanding the exclusivity provisions of Minn.Stat. § 176.061, subd. 4 (1996) (providing that an…