Daniel v. City of Minneapolis

ANDERSON, Justice (dissenting).

The question here is whether workers' compensation liability on the part of respondent City of Minneapolis for appellant Keith Daniel's ankle injuries"is exclusive and in the place of" disability-accommodation liability for the same injuries. Because Daniel's failure-to-accommodate claim is "on account of" the same physical injuries that gave rise to the City's workers' compensation liability, I would hold that the City's workers' compensation liability is exclusive. In concluding otherwise, the court undermines the foundational exclusivity principle on which…