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COURTNEY BY HIGDEM v. CITY OF ORONO

No. C4-90-1282.

463 N.W.2d 514 (1990)

Charles D. COURTNEY, deceased employee, by Ellen Courtney HIGDEM, Respondent, v. CITY OF ORONO, Self Insured/EBA, Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pusterino, Pederson, Tilton & Farrington, Peter J. Pusterino, Jeffrey J. Lindquist, Minneapolis, for relators.

Michael Saeger, St. Paul, for respondent.

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

COYNE, Justice.

This workers' compensation matter, before us for the second time, arose out of a claim for dependency benefits based on a policeman's fatal heart attack. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA), by majority decision, reversed a compensation judge's denial of the claim for dependency benefits. Because we conclude that the compensation judge's findings pertaining to causation had substantial evidentiary support, we reverse and reinstate the...

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