Tuomela v. Reserve Mining Company

Relator-employer, Reserve Mining Company, by writ of certiorari seeks review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying relator’s claim for reimbursement from the Special Compensation Fund pursuant to Minn. St. 176.131, subd. 1. We affirm.

While employed by relator, Robert Tuomela sustained a work-connected leg injury in 1956. In 1968, while still employed by relator, Tuomela suffered a back injury. Relator, a self-insurer, contends that, because of the preexisting leg injury, Tuomela suffered a substantially greater disability in 1968 than he would have from the subsequent…