GREEN v. WHIRLPOOL CORP.

No. CX-85-2146.

389 N.W.2d 504 (1986)

Cecil R. GREEN, Relator, v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, self-insured, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Smith, Minneapolis, for relator.

Roderick C. Cosgriff, Kenneth B. Huber, Minneapolis, for respondent.

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


KELLEY, Justice.

Employee seeks review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals vacating an award on default which had been ordered by a settlement judge. We affirm on the ground that the settlement judge did not have authority to grant employee's motion for the default award.

The facts on which the settlement judge granted that motion are not in dispute. On December 7, 1984, employee's attorney filed a claim petition seeking permanent partial...

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