Jendro v. Brown Boveri Turbo MacHinery Co.

COYNE, Justice.

In this compensation proceeding a divided Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals panel upheld a compensation judge’s determination that a medical report offered in evidence by employee pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 176.155, subd. 5 (1983 Supp.), was admissible and furnished competent evidence to support a finding that employee has a 25 percent permanent partial disability of the back. That court also rejected the claim of the employer-insurer that the report should have been excluded on hearsay and foundational grounds. We affirm.

The sole factual issue was the extent of employee’s…