Barnick v. Swift Eckrich, Inc.

KEITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals *295affirming an award of attorney fees to be deducted from the amount of medical benefits ordered reimbursed to the health carrier, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota, pursuant to Edquist v. Browning-Ferris, 380 N.W.2d 787 (Minn.1986). Concluding that Johnson v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, 329 N.W.2d 49 (Minn.1983) applies to reimbursements to health carriers, we reverse.

The employee in this case retained an attorney who, on behalf of the employee, served and filed a claim petition…