Noga v. Minn. Vikings Football Club

HUDSON, Justice.

This case involves the 2015 workers' compensation claim for benefits filed by Alapati Noga, a former defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings from 1988 until 1992, who now suffers from dementia.1 Before us are three issues related to Noga's workers' compensation claim against the Vikings: whether Noga sustained a compensable Gillette injury,2 whether the Vikings and its insurer received adequate notice of the injury, and whether Noga satisfied the statute of limitations.

A compensation judge determined that Noga was entitled to permanent and total disability benefits. The…