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Gonzalez v. Midwest Staffing

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Aug 2, 1999
598 N.W.2d 657 (Minn. 1999)

Summary

In Gonzalez v. Midwest Staffing Group, Inc., 59 Minn. Workers' Comp. Dec. 207 (WCCA), aff'd without opinion, 598 N.W.2d 657 (1999), the WCCA decided that unauthorized aliens who sustain work-related injuries are eligible for workers' compensation benefits.

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Opinion

No. C9-99-754.

Dated: August 2, 1999.

Deborah L. Crowley, Teri Ellen Bentson, McCollum, Crowley, Vehanen, Moschet Miller, Bloomington, for relator.

Harlan G. Sween, Sween Salazar, Ltd., Hopkins, for employee-respondent.

Kris A. Wittwer, Stewart, Zlimen Jungers, Ltd., Minneapolis, for intervenor-respondent.


Considered and decided by the court en banc.

ORDER

Based upon all the files, records and proceedings herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals filed April 6, 1999, be, and the same is, affirmed without opinion. See Minn.R.Civ.App.P. 136.01, subd. 1(b).

BY THE COURT:

Paul H. Anderson

Associate Justice


Summaries of

Gonzalez v. Midwest Staffing

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Aug 2, 1999
598 N.W.2d 657 (Minn. 1999)

In Gonzalez v. Midwest Staffing Group, Inc., 59 Minn. Workers' Comp. Dec. 207 (WCCA), aff'd without opinion, 598 N.W.2d 657 (1999), the WCCA decided that unauthorized aliens who sustain work-related injuries are eligible for workers' compensation benefits.

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Case details for

Gonzalez v. Midwest Staffing

Case Details

Full title:Aurelio Gonzalez, Respondent, v. Midwest Staffing Group, Inc., and…

Court:Supreme Court of Minnesota

Date published: Aug 2, 1999

Citations

598 N.W.2d 657 (Minn. 1999)

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