WOEHLER v. PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA

No. C6-85-1866.

386 N.W.2d 729 (1986)

Eugene C. WOEHLER, Relator, v. PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA (TENNECO), Travelers Insurance Company, Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters & Food Handlers Health & Welfare Fund, Intervenor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Getts, Minneapolis, for appellant.

James S. Pikala, Minneapolis, Kurt Walther, St. Paul, for respondents.

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


YETKA, Justice.

Employee seeks review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals affirming the compensation judge's denial of compensation for total disability after March 16, 1983, based on his finding that employee has been permanently totally disabled from that date due solely to a lung condition, an impairment caused by severe nonwork-related chronic obstructive lung disease. Although employee contends there is no evidence to support this finding...

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