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ONDLER'S DEPENDENTS v. PEACE OFFICERS BEN. FUND

No. 49704.

289 N.W.2d 486 (1980)

DEPENDENTS OF Otis D. ONDLER, Relators, v. PEACE OFFICERS BENEFIT FUND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schacht & Kerr, Rochester, for relators.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., and Winston Ehlmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

WAHL, Justice.

Relators, dependents of Otis D. Ondler, challenge the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. ch. 352E (1978) on the ground that the legislature, by excluding heart attack victims from the group of peace officers entitled to the statutory award, created an arbitrary and unreasonable classification which denies them the equal protection of the law. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, lacking jurisdiction to determine the constitutional issue, denied...

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