Volunteer Injury Case Goes to Work Comp Court

Even though a Minnesota statute arises outside the workers' compensation law, workers' compensation courts frequently look to other statutory and common-law authority for determining an employee's right to benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act, the Minnesota Court of Appeal ruled. In Lake of the Woods County v. Fish, No. A05-2242, 09/26/2006, Paul Fish, a voluntary emergency worker, was injured removing flood-damaged insulation from the home of Robert Sutherland. After Fish filed his workers' compensation claim, Roseau County and Lake of the Woods County filed a declaratory judgmen...