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KURRELL v. NATIONAL CON ROD, INC.

No. 81-991.

322 N.W.2d 199 (1982)

Dorothy KURRELL, Respondent, v. NATIONAL CON ROD, INC., et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, Alan R. Vanasek and Carol A. Hooten, St. Paul, for relators.

Hvass, Weisman & King and Gary Stoneking, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., and Winston Ehlmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae Dept. of Labor and Industry.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Employee Dorothy Kurrell was held eligible for rehabilitation benefits by the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals after suffering a work-related injury to her hand. Relators, National Con Rod, Inc. (employer) and Federated Mutual Insurance Co. (insurer), appeal on the ground that Kurrell's refusal of an offer of reemployment within her medical restrictions is a forfeiture of her right to benefits. We affirm.

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