Le v. State

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal of a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals upholding an award of temporary partial disability benefits to the respondent, Trac T. Le. The respondent began working as a janitor for appellant, the University of Minnesota, when he emigrated here in 1975. He was soon promoted to the position of boiler operator which he held until his doctor advised him to leave in 1979 because of a temporary aggravation of a preexisting condition known as allergic rhinitis. His exposure on the job to dust, fly ash, coal dust and powdered lime caused…