Legal Opinion
Meyering v. Wessels
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 21, 1986No. C3-85-1355PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Justice.
When an employer operates a farm in Minnesota and one 200 miles away in Iowa, under the facts here existing, should cash wages paid to farm employees in a single year be aggregated in determining whether the “family farm” exclusion exempts the employer from providing workers’ compensation coverage? The compensation judge ruled they should not. Her decision was affirmed by the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals.
We reverse.
Fred Meyering, a farm worker on a Minnesota farm operated by Marvin Wessels, sustained a work-related injury resulting in permanent partial disability of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- A. J. Chromy Construction Co. v. Commercial Mechanical Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Hengemuhle v. Long Prairie JayceesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- Mathison v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Nelson v. Harder Royal Breeders, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
3Cited by20 opinions
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- In Re Conservatorship of FosterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- Independent School District No. 622 v. Keene Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
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