Andeen v. Emmaus Nursing Home

Relators, the County of Marshall and its compensation insurer, State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters, seek review of a decision of the Worker’s Compensation Court of Appeals determining that Myrtle E. Andeen was entitled to compensation as an employee of the county’s welfare board under Minn.St. 176.011, subd. 9(9). We affirm.

Mrs. Andeen is a licensed practical nurse. While working at Emmaus Nursing Home in Warren, Minnesota, she developed rapport with a mentally unstable patient, a welfare recipient for whose living arrangements the Marshall County Welfare Department was responsible. In…