Peterson v. O.R. Anderberg Construction

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

This workers’ compensation matter comes before this court by certiorari on the relation of O.R. Anderberg Construction Company and its workers’ compensation liability insurer, CIGNA Insurance Company, to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) affirming an equitable allocation of liability. Concluding that Minn. Stat. § 176.191, subds. la and 5 did not deprive the compensation judge of jurisdiction over the equitable allocation dispute, we affirm.

On July 17, 1980, Henry Peterson sustained a compensable low back injury while employed as…