MEYERING v. WESSELS

No. C3-85-1355.

383 N.W.2d 670 (1986)

Fred MEYERING, Relator, v. Marvin K. WESSELS, uninsured, State Treasurer, Custodian of the Special Compensation Fund, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. LaFountaine, Fairmont, for relator.

Richard D. Berens, Fairmont, for Wessels.

Thomas G. Lockhart, St. Paul, for Custodian of Special Compensation Fund.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLEY, Justice.

When an employer operates a farm in Minnesota and one 200 miles away in Iowa, under the facts here existing, should cash wages paid to farm employees in a single year be aggregated in determining whether the "family farm" exclusion exempts the employer from providing workers' compensation coverage? The compensation judge ruled they should not. Her decision was affirmed by the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals.

We reverse.

Fred...

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