Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 176.301 (2026)
Determination Of Issues
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Subdivision 1.Trial by court; reference to chief administrative law judge.
When a workers' compensation issue is present in the district court action, the court may try the action itself without a jury, or refer the matter to the chief administrative law judge for assignment to a compensation judge. The compensation judge shall report findings and decisions to the district court. The court may approve or disapprove such decision in the same manner as it approves or disapproves the report of a referee. The court shall enter judgment upon such decision.
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Subd. 2.Appeal from judgment of district court.
An appeal lies from the judgment of the district court as in other cases.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1959–2015 · leading case: Darrel Schmitz v. United States Steel Corp., 852 N.W.2d 669 (Minn. 2014).
Darrel Schmitz v. United States Steel Corp., 852 N.W.2d 669 (Minn. 2014). “1, says nothing about granting the right to a jury trial, and other portions of the WCA do not include the right to a jury trial, even when the claims governed by those provisions are heard in a district court.”
Schmitz v. United States Steel Corp., 831 N.W.2d 656 (Minn. Ct. App. 2013). “Moreover, Minn.Stat. § 176.301, subd. 1, which prohibits workers’ compensation cases from being heard by a jury, applies only to cases determining whether the worker is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.”
Advanced Delivery Sys., Inc. v. Jaime, 774 N.W.2d 176 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009). “On appeal from the district court’s denial of summary judgment in appellants’ declaratory judgment action, appellant argues that because the action was brought as a declaratory judgment action, the district court erred in declining to exercise jurisdiction under Minn.Stat. §…”
Kolbeck v. Myhra, 96 N.W.2d 633 (Minn. 1959). “Pursuant to § 176.301, the case was referred to the Industrial Commission for hearing “in the manner in which it hears cases originally brought before it.”
David L. Henson as Tr. for the Est. of Maxwell David Henson v. Uptown Drink, LLC, & Third Party v. Jason Alan Sunby, Third Party (Minn. Ct. App. 2015). “See Minn. Stat. § 176.301 , subd. 1 (2014) (providing that if 2 “a workers’ compensation issue is present in the district court action, the court may .”
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