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ADKINS v. UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE CENTER

No. C8-86-2091.

405 N.W.2d 231 (1987)

Jane ADKINS, Respondent, v. UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE CENTER and Ideal Mutual Insurance Company, Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Charpentier, St. Paul, for appellant.

Raymond R. Peterson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

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

WAHL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the employer/insurer from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) reversing the Medical Services Review Board's denial of the employee's request for medical treatment in the nature of high gastric bypass surgery. We reverse.

Jane Adkins (employee) sustained a low back injury on September 17, 1983 while employed by University Health Care Center (employer) as a staff nurse. Employer and its workers...

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