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BETTENBURG v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIV.

No. 82-590.

326 N.W.2d 668 (1982)

James R. BETTENBURG, Relator, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Respondent, and Christopher A. ROSS, Respondent, v. HALVORSON CONSTRUCTION and Great American Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertie Bettenburg & Strong, St. Paul, for relator.

Workers' Compensation Div., Dept. of Labor & Industry, St. Paul, for Workers' Compensation Div., Dept. of Labor and Industry.

Christopher A. Ross, pro se.

Karen C. Shimon, Minneapolis, for Halvorson Const. and Great American Ins. Co.

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

KELLEY, Justice.

Relator seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals denying his application for attorney fees of $5,000 and costs of $150 on the grounds that Minn.Stat. § 176.081, subd. 2 (Supp.1981) did not permit that court to act on the application and that it lacked jurisdiction to award the requested fees. We reverse.

The facts need not be detailed beyond stating that relator represented an injured employee and obtained...

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