LYLE B. KNAACK, Employee/Respondent,
v.
DEE, INC., admin’d by MEADOWBROOK CLAIMS SERVS., Self-Insured Employer/Appellant,
and
RED LAKE FALLS CTY. HIGHWAY DEP’T and HOME INS. CO./MINN. INS. GUARANTY ASS’N, Employer and Insurer/Respondents,
RED LAKE CTY. and MINN. COUNTIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRUST S/I, Self-Insured Employer/Respondent,
and
AM. AEROSTAR and LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO., Employer and Insurer/Respondents.
No. WC19-6258
Minnesota Workers Compensation
Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals
July 10, 2019
APPEALS
- INTERLOCUTORY ORDER; JURISDICTION. An order dismissing
parties without prejudice is not an order affecting the
merits of the case and this court does not have jurisdiction
to consider an appeal from such an order pursuant to Minn.
Stat. § 176.421, subd. 1.
John
P. Bailey, Bailey Law Office, Ltd., Bemidji, Minnesota, for
the Employee/Respondent.
Travis
J. Adams, Peterson Logren & Kilbury, P.A., St. Paul,
Minnesota, for the Appellant.
John
S. Pasowicz, McCollum, Crowley, Moschet, Miller & Laak,
Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota for the Respondent.
Kyle
T. Kustermann, Erstad & Riemer, P.A., Minneapolis,
Minnesota, for the Respondents.
David
J. Klaiman, Aafedt, Forde, Gray, Monsen & Hager, P.A.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Respondents.
Determined by: Patricia J. Milun, Chief Judge, Deborah K.
Sundquist, Judge, Sean M. Quinn, Judge.
Compensation Judge: Jerome R. Arnold
Dismissed.
OPINION
PATRICIA J. MILUN, Chief Judge.
Self-insured
employer Dee, Inc., appeals from the compensation
judge’s order dismissing the claims against Red Lake
Falls County Highway Department and Home Insurance
Companies/MIGA (Highway Department),[1] and Red Lake County and
Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust (County).
BACKGROUND
The
employee filed a claim petition on September 1, 2017, against
the self-insured employer, Dee, Inc., seeking various
workers’ compensation benefits. Dee, Inc., sought to
join prior employers. On May 30, 2018...
