Jacobson v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

WAHL, Justice.

Ronald Jacobson appeals to this court by writ of certiorari from a Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals affirmance of a decision by the compensation judge denying Jacobson’s claim for permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits under the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act, Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176 (1982 & Supp. 1983). The compensation judge held that the employee, engaged by a common carrier in interstate commerce, was covered by a federal law comparable to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1982), and therefore excluded from benefits…