Brooks v. Harris Brothers Plumbing Co.

An employer, Harris Brothers Plumbing Co., and its compensation insurer seek review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying reimbursement from the special compensation fund.

The employer challenges the commission’s finding that medical reports filed with it did not show a preexisting physical impairment of the employee and the finding that he was not deemed registered pursuant to Minn. St. 1967, § 176.131, subd. 4.

The employee sustained a low back injury in 1956 for which he was compensated. The final report of an examining orthopedist concluded that the employee had…