LOCKWOOD v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 877

Nos. 51931, 51976.

312 N.W.2d 924 (1981)

Ronald K. LOCKWOOD, Sr., Relator (51976), v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 877, et al., Relators (51931), and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, intervenor, Respondent. Horace Mann Life Insurance Company, intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Eps & Gilmore, Michael D. Aafedt and Jay T. Hartman, Minneapolis, for Independent School Dist. No. 877, et al.

Meshbesher, Singer & Spence and Richard L. Cesario, Minneapolis, for Lockwood.

Indru S. Advani, St. Paul, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien and Louis R. Tilton, St. Paul, for Horace Mann Life Ins. Co.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

At issue for the first time before this court is whether the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act affords compensation to an employee who suffers a disabling mental injury caused by work-related mental stress. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals ruled that it does and awarded employee temporary total disability benefits for 28 months. In the absence of a clearly expressed legislative intent that such an injury is compensable, we reverse.

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