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SCHMIDT v. MODERN METALS FOUNDRY, INC.

No. C1-88-302.

424 N.W.2d 538 (1988)

Phillip P. SCHMIDT, Relator, v. MODERN METALS FOUNDRY, INC., and Western National Insurance Company, and Commissioner of Department of Labor and Industry, intervenor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond R. Peterson, Minneapolis, for relator.

Peter J. Pustorino, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

SIMONETT, Justice.

We hold that the disability schedules adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under the 1983 legislature's revision of the Workers' Compensation Act do not violate art. 1, § 8 of our state constitution. We affirm the compensation judge's decision.

On September 18, 1984, employee Phillip P. Schmidt, while at work, accidentally splashed molten aluminum on various parts of his body. As a result, he sustained second and third...

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