RIPPENTROP v. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL CO.

Nos. 81-334, 81-336.

316 N.W.2d 514 (1982)

Richard RIPPENTROP, Respondent (81-334), Relator (81-336), v. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Respondents, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry, Relator (81-334), Respondent (81-336).

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Gruis, Workers' Compensation Division, St. Paul, for Rippentrop.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., and Peter F. Nelson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Commr., Dept. of Labor and Industry.

Gilmore, deLambert, Aafedt, Eustis & Forde and Donald W. Anderson, Minneapolis, for Imperial Chemical Co., et al.

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


PETERSON, Justice.

Employee Richard Rippentrop and the commissioner of labor and industry separately seek review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals which construed Minn.Stat. § 176.102 (1980) as (1) not entitling a disabled employee seeking direct job placement in a new occupation to receive compensation at the rate of 125% of his temporary total disability benefits pursuant to section 176.102, subd. 11, and (2) as not authorizing the...

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