Rippentrop v. Imperial Chemical Co.

PETERSON, Justice.

Employee Richard Rippentrop and the commissioner of labor and industry separately seek review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals which construed Minn.Stat. § 176.102 (1980) as (1) not entitling a disabled employee seeking direct job placement in a new occupation to receive compensation at the rate of 125% of his temporary total disability benefits pursuant to section 176.102, subd. 11, and (2) as not authorizing the director of rehabilitation services and the rehabilitation review panel established by that statute to determine when disabled employees…