Employer's Liability for Installation of Lift Was Limited by Statute

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the costs of making permanent structural changes to a paraplegic worker's home to accommodate a ceiling-mounted motorized lift system were not "medical expenses" for which there is no statutory cap on liability, but an "alteration or remodeling" for which an employer's maximum liability is $60,000.Case: Washek v. New Dimensions Home Health, No. A12-0395, 04/10/2013, published. Facts: Tessa M. Washek suffered spinal cord damage and other injuries in a work-related motor vehicle accident and was rendered a paraplegic in 2002. Her employer, New ...