Legal Opinion

Caouette v. Leef Bros.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 26, 1968No. 40,969Published

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission which reversed the finding of its referee that relator-employee was permanently *194and totally disabled and awarded him compensation only for temporary total and permanent partial disability.

Employee, a laundry truclcdriver, injured his back on August 30, 1955, when he helped a fellow laundry truckdriver lift a heavy laundry basket into a truck. He was not immediately disabled and, except for three or four visits to a chiropractor, continued at his job until he underwent surgery for a protruding intervertebral disc on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lee v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
  2. Snyder v. General Paper CorporationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
  3. Berg v. SadlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
  4. Hommerding v. Clarence Landwehr Heavy MovingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  5. Stephen v. Miles Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1953

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