Witzke v. Mesabi Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

In this appeal from summary judgment granted by a judicial officer, appellant argues that the judicial officer did not have subject-matter jurisdiction to hear and decide the case on a motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Appellant Mesabi Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (Mesabi) provides vocational-rehabilitation services to injured persons. Shortly after he founded Mesabi in 1988, Jim Jackson offered respondent John Witzke a position with Mesabi. Approximately eight months later, Jackson presented Witzke with an employment agreement under which Witzke…