Legal Opinion
Arrowhead Senior Living Community v. Kainz
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 4, 2015No. A14-1521PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Respondent Carol Kainz fractured her ankle on a staircase at her workplace, and filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The sole contested issue before the compensation judge was whether Kainz’s injuries “arose out of’ her employment. See Minn.Stat. § 176.021, subd. 1 (2014). The compensation judge awarded benefits to Kainz, concluding that the injuries “arose out of’ her employment. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) affirmed, relying on its previous decision in Dykhoff v. Xcel Energy, 2012 WL 6592145 (Minn. WCCA Nov. 29, 2012), which had applied a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hoff v. KemptonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Dykhoff v. Xcel EnergySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
- Pelowski v. K-Mart Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- Kainz v. Arrowhead Senior Living CommunitySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2014
3Cited by2 opinions
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