The Minnesota Court of Appeals last week ruled that an injured worker’s recovery in a third-party tort action should not have been reduced based on the jury's allocation of fault to his employer.
Frederick Fish’s award of damages also should not have been offset against the wage-loss award portion of a lump-sum workers' compensation settlement he received, the court said.
Fish had worked for Albany Manufacturing, which lent his services to Wells Concrete Products Co. He was injured while working for Wells aboard a flatbed trailer being pulled by a Ramler Tr...
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