MN Sup Crt: Illegal Aliens Entitled to TTD

The Supreme Court of Minnesota, in a case of first impression for that state, has ruled that an illegal alien is not precluded from receiving temporary total disability benefits conditioned on a diligent job search.In Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (Correa) vs. Waymouth Farms, Inc., and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. (C9-02-1172, 07/03/03), Waymouth Farms, a producer and packager of meat products and gifts, hired Correa to work full-time in its warehouse as an order picker. Correa filled candy orders, and injured his back in the course and scope of this employment on 3/03/00. The empl...