HAMMER v. MARK HAGEN PLUMBING & HEATING

No. C6-88-909.

435 N.W.2d 525 (1989)

James J. HAMMER, Respondent, v. MARK HAGEN PLUMBING & HEATING and Iowa Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents, and New Mech Companies and State Fund Mutual Insurance Company, Relators, and State Treasurer, Custodian of the Special Compensation Fund, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Mattaini, Minneapolis, for relators.

Lorrie Becsheinen, Minneapolis, for James Hammer.

Victor Johnson, Minneapolis, for Mark Hagen Plumbing & Heating and Iowa Mut. Ins. Co.

Winston Ehlmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

David Stofferahn, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal brought by New Mech Companies seeking reversal of a Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals' decision. The WCCA reversed a compensation judge's finding which discontinued workers' compensation benefits being paid to an employee on the grounds that he had reached maximum medical improvement (MMI). We affirm the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals on the MMI issue, but reverse its order that the matter be remanded...

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