Weme v. Lastavica

POPOVICH, Chief Justice.

The Special Compensation Fund appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirming, by majority decision, a compensation judge's determination that the City of St. Paul was not a general contractor for purposes of imposing liability on the City of St. Paul under Minn.Stat. § 176.215, subd. 1 (1988).1 We affirm.

*405Through its forestry operations, the City of St. Paul was engaged in the trimming of trees and the removal of dead and diseased trees. On land the city leased from the St. Paul Port Authority, the city maintained equipment and…