KROTZER v. BROWNING-FERRIS/WOODLAKE

No. C5-90-1212.

459 N.W.2d 509 (1990)

Steven KROTZER, Respondent, v. BROWNING-FERRIS/WOODLAKE SANITATION SERVICE, et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Holman, Cousineau, McGuire, Shaughnessy & Anderson, Chartered, Minneapolis, for relators.

Gary Hazelton, Duranske and Hazelton, Bemidji, for respondent.

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


SIMONETT, Justice.

We reverse the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and reinstate the decision of the compensation judge.

In 1976, Steven Krotzer was living in Mound and working for Browning-Ferris/Woodlake Sanitation as a rubbish hauler. On September 13, 1976, the employee had an onset of acute low back pain while lifting garbage cans. This injury was diagnosed as a chronic lumbar muscle strain

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