Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

176.312 AFFIDAVITS OF PREJUDICE AND PETITIONS FOR REASSIGNMENT. In accordance with rules adopted by the chief administrative law judge, an affidavit of prejudice for cause may be filed by each party to the claim against a compensation judge assigned to hear a case. A petition for…

176.321 ANSWER TO PETITION. § Subdivision 1.Filing, service. Within 30 days after service of the petition, an adverse party shall serve and file an answer to the petition. The party shall serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney. § Subd. 2.Content…

176.322 DECISIONS BASED ON STIPULATED FACTS. If the parties agree to a stipulated set of facts and only legal issues remain, the compensation judge may determine the matter without a hearing based upon the stipulated facts and the determination is appealable to the court of appea…

176.325 CERTIFIED QUESTION. § Subdivision 1.When certified. The chief administrative law judge or commissioner may certify a question of workers' compensation law to the supreme court as important and doubtful under the following circumstances: (1) all parties to the case have st…

176.331 PROCEEDINGS WHEN ANSWER NOT FILED. Except in cases involving multiple employers or multiple insurers, if an adverse party fails to file and serve an answer or obtain an extension from the office or the petitioner as required by section 176.321, subdivision 3, the office s…

176.341 HEARING ON PETITION. § Subdivision 1.Time. Upon the filing of a petition, the chief administrative law judge shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. The hearing shall be held as soon as practicable and at a time and place determined by the chief administrativ…

176.351 TESTIMONIAL POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Oaths. The compensation judge to whom a petition has been assigned for hearing shall administer an oath to each witness. The commissioner may also administer an oath when required in the performance of duties. § Subd. 2.Subpoenas. Actin…

176.361 INTERVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Right to intervene. A person who has an interest in any matter before the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, or commissioner, or office such that the person may either gain or lose by an order or decision may intervene in the proceeding …

176.371 AWARD OR DISALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION. The compensation judge to whom a petition has been assigned for hearing, shall hear all competent, relevant evidence produced at the hearing. All questions of fact and law submitted to a compensation judge at the hearing shall be dis…

176.381 REFERENCE OF QUESTIONS OF FACT. § Subdivision 1.Hearing before Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. In the hearing of any matter before the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, the chief judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals may refer any question of f…

176.391 INVESTIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Power to make. Before, during, or after any hearing, a compensation judge may make an independent investigation of the facts alleged in the petition or answer. § Subd. 2.Appointment of physicians, surgeons, and other experts. The compensati…

176.401 HEARINGS PUBLIC. All hearings before a compensation judge are public. History: 1953 c 755 s 57; 1969 c 276 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 134 s 78; 1981 c 346 s 117

176.411 RULES OF EVIDENCE, PLEADING, AND PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Conduct of hearings and investigations. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, when a compensation judge makes an investigation or conducts a hearing, the compensation judge is bound neither by the common …

176.421 APPEALS TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT OF APPEALS. § Subdivision 1.Time for taking; grounds. When a petition has been heard before a compensation judge, within 30 days after a party in interest has been served with notice of an award or disallowance of compensation, or ot…

176.442 APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF COMMISSIONER. Except for a commissioner's decision which may be heard de novo in another proceeding including but not limited to a decision from an administrative conference under section 176.102, 176.103, 176.106, 176.239, or a summary decision …

176.451 DEFAULTS. § Subdivision 1.Application to district court for judgment. Where there has been a default of more than 30 days in the payment of compensation due under an award, the employee, or the employee's dependent, or other person entitled to the payment of money under t…

176.461 SETTING ASIDE AWARD. (a) Except when a writ of certiorari has been issued by the supreme court and the matter is still pending in that court or if as a matter of law the determination of the supreme court cannot be subsequently modified, the Workers' Compensation Court of…

176.471 REVIEW BY SUPREME COURT ON CERTIORARI. § Subdivision 1.Time for seeking review; grounds. Where the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals has made an award or disallowance of compensation or other order, a party in interest who acts within 30 days from the date the party …

176.481 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT. On review upon certiorari under this chapter, the supreme court has original jurisdiction. It may reverse, affirm, or modify the order allowing or disallowing compensation and enter such judgment as it deems just and proper. Where n…

176.491 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING DISPOSITION OF CASE. Where a writ of certiorari has been perfected under this chapter, it stays all proceedings for the enforcement of the order being reviewed until the case has been finally disposed of either in the supreme court or, where th…

176.511 COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Parties not awarded costs. Except as provided otherwise by this chapter and specifically by this section, in appeals before the court of appeals or proceedings before the division or a compensation judge, costs shall not be awarded to any party. § S…

176.521 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. § Subdivision 1.Validity. (a) An agreement between an employee or an employee's dependent and the employer or insurer to settle any claim for compensation under this chapter is valid where it has been executed in writing and signed by the parties and…

176.522 NOTICE TO EMPLOYER. An employer shall be notified by the insurer 30 days after any final valid settlement is approved or otherwise made final under any provision of this chapter. The notice shall include all terms of the settlement including the total amount of money requ…

176.531 AWARD OF COMPENSATION AGAINST A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR SCHOOL DISTRICT. § Subdivision 1.Preferred claim. Where there has been an award of compensation under this chapter to be paid by a political subdivision or a school district, the entitlement of a person to payment u…

176.541 STATE DEPARTMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Application of chapter to state employees. This chapter applies to the employees of any department of this state as defined in section 3.732, subdivision 1, clause (1). § Subd. 2.Defense of claim against state. When the commissioner of a…

176.551 REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Heads of state departments to report accidents to employees. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the head of a department of the state shall report each accident which occurs to an employee as and in the manner required by this chapter. § Subd. 2…

176.561 WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT OF APPEALS POWERS AND DUTIES AS TO STATE EMPLOYEES; PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING LIABILITY. The division, a compensation judge and the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals have the same powers and duties in matters relating to state employees as…

176.571 INVESTIGATIONS OF INJURIES TO STATE EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Preliminary investigation. When the head of a department has filed a report or the commissioner of administration has otherwise received information of the occurrence of an injury to a state employee for which…

176.572 CONTRACT WITH INSURANCE CARRIERS. The commissioner of administration may contract with group health insurance carriers or health maintenance organizations to provide health care services and reimburse health care payments for injured state employees entitled to benefits u…

176.581 PAYMENT TO STATE EMPLOYEES. Upon a request prepared by the commissioner of administration, and in accordance with the terms of the order awarding compensation, the commissioner of management and budget shall pay compensation to the employee or the employee's dependent. Th…

176.591 STATE COMPENSATION REVOLVING FUND. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. To facilitate the discharge by the state of its obligations under this chapter, there is established a revolving fund to be known as the state compensation revolving fund. This fund is comprised of the unex…

176.603 COST OF ADMINISTERING CHAPTER, PAYMENT. The annual cost to the commissioner of the Department of Administration of administering this chapter in relation to state employees and the necessary expenses which the Department of Administration or the attorney general incurs in…

176.611 MAINTENANCE OF STATE COMPENSATION REVOLVING FUND. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The state compensation revolving fund shall be maintained as provided in the following subdivisions. § Subd. 2.State departments. Every department of the state shall reimburse the fund for money …

176.645 ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS. § Subdivision 1.Amount. For injuries occurring after October 1, 1975, for which benefits are payable under section 176.101, subdivisions 1, 2 and 4, and section 176.111, subdivision 5, the total benefits due the employee or any dependents shall be …

176.651 SEVERABILITY. In case for any reason any paragraph or any provision of this chapter shall be questioned in any court of last resort, and shall be held by such court to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other paragraph or provision th…

176.66 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; HOW REGARDED. § Subdivision 1.Disability, disablement. The disablement of an employee resulting from an occupational disease shall be regarded as a personal injury within the meaning of the workers' compensation law. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1973 c 643 …

176.80 [Obsolete]

176.82 ACTION FOR CIVIL DAMAGES FOR OBSTRUCTING EMPLOYEE SEEKING BENEFITS. § Subdivision 1.Retaliatory discharge. Any person discharging or threatening to discharge an employee for seeking workers' compensation benefits or in any manner intentionally obstructing an employee seeki…

176.83 RULES. § Subdivision 1.Generally. In addition to any other section under this chapter giving the commissioner the authority to adopt rules, the commissioner may adopt, amend, or repeal rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The rules include but are not limited…

176.84 SPECIFICITY OF NOTICE OR STATEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Specificity required. Notices of discontinuance and denials of liability shall be sufficiently specific to convey clearly, without further inquiry, the basis upon which the party issuing the notice or statement is acting.…

176.85 PENALTIES; APPEALS. § Subdivision 1.Appeal procedure. If the commissioner has assessed a penalty against a party subject to this chapter and the party believes the penalty is not warranted, the party may request that a formal hearing be held on the matter. The request must…

176.861 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Insurance information. The commissioner may, in writing, require an insurance company to release to the commissioner any or all relevant information or evidence the commissioner deems important which the company may have in its p…

176.862 DISCLOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. The commissioner must disclose the current address of an employee collected or maintained under this chapter to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the employee and notify the commissioner that the employee is a person required …

176.87 EMPLOYEES CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION. Any sanitarium, medical laboratories or institutional employee of the state or of any county or other subdivision of the state, or any duly licensed nurse employed by the state or by any county, c…

176.871 REPORT OF ILLNESS OF EMPLOYEE, HEARING ON CLAIM. Whenever the superintendent of any state, county or city sanitarium, medical laboratories or other institution, or the head of any department of the state or of any county, city, nursing district or other subdivision of the…

176.872 FINDINGS, PAYMENT OF MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Duty to seek treatment. If upon the evidence mentioned in section 176.871, the workers' compensation division finds that an employee is suffering from tuberculosis contracted in the institution or departm…