Weber v. City of Inver Grove Heights

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Justice.

Robert Weber appeals from the denial of permanent partial disability workers’ compensation. Compensation Judge Barnett denied permanent partial disability benefits on the basis that Weber’s rib injury did not fall within the disability schedules set forth in Minn.R. 5223.0010-.0250 (1989). Neither Judge Barnett nor, on appeal, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to decide two issues raised by Weber: (1) whether the Commissioner of Labor and Industry exceeded the scope of statutorily delegated authority by the exclusion of a class of…