Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Motor Freight System

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc., appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent Interstate Motor Freight Systems barring Murphy from obtaining reimbursement for benefits paid under the Minnesota Worker’s Compensation Act. The trial court held that the reimbursement claim was adjudicated in the Wisconsin action and that the Wisconsin judgment is entitled to full faith and credit. We affirm.

FACTS

This lawsuit arises out of an accident that occurred near Janesville, Wisconsin, in April 1979. The accident involved a truck driven by Donald Hutchins for his…