Ritter v. M.A. Mortenson Co.

OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting the respondent’s motion for summary judgment. The trial court determined as a matter of law that the appellant was barred from bringing this action by Minn.Stat. § 176.061 (Supp.1983) — the election of remedies provision of the Minnesota workers’ compensation statute. We affirm.

FACTS

The appellant, Charles Ritter, was injured in February, 1980, while working for H.D. Engineering Design and Erection Company (“H.D.”) as a steelworker. H.D. was at that time a subcontractor hired to do the steel work on a garage being built for the…