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JOHNSON v. STATE, DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

No. C7-86-817.

400 N.W.2d 729 (1987)

Abby JOHNSON, Relator, v. STATE of Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, self-insured, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Intervenor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Newgren, Bloomington, for relator.

James F. Cannon, Dept. of Labor & Industry, St. Paul, for Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Alice Tyson, Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul, for Dept. of Human Services.

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

COYNE, Justice.

The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, by majority decision, reversed a compensation judge's award of benefits for temporary partial disability. We reverse.

Employee Abby Johnson worked as a human services technician (nurse's aide) at the Minnesota Veterans Home. On two separate occasions in 1983 she injured her back while lifting patients. As a result, employee has suffered a 15% permanent partial disability to her back. When employee...

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