Gallagher v. Wolf Lake Camp, Inc.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals holding that relators are not entitled under Minn.St.1974, § 176.101, subd. 6, to deduct compensation paid a deceased employee from the lump-sum settlement to which, under § 176.111, subd. 11, his widow is entitled upon remarriage. The court of appeals viewed these provisions as in irreconcilable conflict and construed the latter as controlling. We do not agree that these provisions are in conflict, but find that neither authorizes relators to take the deduction.

In April 1973 employee sustained a head injury arising…