Legal Opinion
Yerhart v. GEO. A. HORMEL & COMPANY
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 31, 1975No. 44939PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Employer relator seeks review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding benefits to respondent employee. The only question before the court is whether the evidence sustains the commission’s finding that the employer had actual knowledge of the employee’s injury in fulfillment of the notice requirement of Minn. St. 178.141. We affirm.
The employee’s back injury was found by the commission to be causally related to incidents of his employment, most notably hard jolts to the back received in the operation of a forklift truck over holes in the floor of his work area. Although…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pojanowski v. HartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Rinne v. W. C. Griffis Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Strei v. Church of St. JosephSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Davidson v. Bermo, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
3Cited by3 opinions
- Howrey & Simon v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Rebiski v. Pioneer Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Howrey & Simon v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987