Gasper v. Northern Star Co.

WAHL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) holding that an injured employee, working at a wage loss, was entitled to temporary partial disability benefits beyond 90 days after maximum medical improvement where the employee had not been offered and had not found a “suitable” job under Minn.Stat. § 176.101, subd. 3e or 3f (1984) within that 90-day period; and that temporary partial disability benefits and economic recovery compensation are payable concurrently. We affirm.

David Gasper sustained a back injury on September 19, 1984, while…