WORKERS COMPENSATION LITIGATION PROCEDURES

See also WORKERS COMPENSATION; WORKERS COMPENSATION COURT OF APPEALS

Administrative conferences

Discontinuance of benefits, Minn. Rules 1415.3900

Disqualification of judges, Minn. Rules 1420.2600

Generally, Minn. Rules 1415.3700

Administrative Hearings Office

Joinder of parties, duties, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Motions, assignment, Minn. Rules 1420.2250

Records and record keeping, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Affidavits of prejudice, Minn. Rules 1420.2600

Appeals, Minn. Rules 1420.3150

Appearance

Administrative conferences, Minn. Rules 1415.3700

Failure to appear, Minn. Rules 1420.3700

Intervenors, Minn. Rules 1415.1250

Appearance, parties to claims, Minn. Rules 1415.0800

Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.305, 176.311

Attorney fees, see Workers' compensation litigation proceedings under ATTORNEY FEES

Attorneys

Attorney fees, Minn. Rules 1415.3200

Conduct, Minn. Rules 1420.0300

Notice of representation, Minn. Rules 1415.0800

Sanctions, Minn. Rules 1420.3700

Substitution, Minn. Rules 1415.0800

Cancellation, parties seeking, Minn. Rules 1420.3700

Chief administrative law judge, see under ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

Chief administrative law judge, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, 176.311, 176.341

Claims, files of, examination, Minn. Rules 1415.0600

Commencement of proceedings, petitions, generally, Minn. Rules 1415.1000

Companion cases, Minn. Rules 1420.2500

Compensation judges

Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.48, 14.50

Claims with intervenors, Minn. Rules 1420.1850

Conduct, Minn. Rules 1420.0300

Discovery, orders regarding, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Disqualification, Minn. Rules 1420.2600

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, 176.371, 176.381

Joinder of parties, orders, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Reassignment, Minn. Rules 1420.2600

Rehabilitation services settlement agreements, approval, Minn. Rules 5220.1200

Conduct, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.411

Consolidated cases

Disqualification of judges, Minn. Rules 1420.2600

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2500

Continuances, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, 176.341

Administrative conferences, Minn. Rules 1415.3700

Discontinuance of benefits conferences, Minn. Rules 1415.3900

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2800

Costs and disbursements (courts), taxation, Minn. Rules 1415.3300

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306

Cross-examination

Health care providers, Minn. Rules 1420.2200, 1420.2900

Sequence, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Definitions, Minn. Rules 1415.0300, 1420.0200

Depositions, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Discontinuance of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.238

Discontinuance of benefits, conferences, Minn. Rules 1415.3900

Discovery

Expedited procedures, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Documents generally, filing, Minn. Rules 1415.0700

Employees, medical claims, Minn. Rules 1415.3800

Employer's experts, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Employment status issues, bifurcation, Minn. Rules 1420.2605

Evidence, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.341, 176.361, 176.411

Medical evidence, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Surveillance evidence, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Exhibits, removal and return, Minn. Rules 1415.3500

Expedited procedures

Employment status issues, Minn. Rules 1420.2605

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Expedited, significant financial hardship, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.341

Fees, appeals, filing, Minn. Rules 1420.3150

Final argument, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Findings, Amended, Minn. Rules 1420.3150

Forms, Minn. Rules 1415.0500

Generally, Minn. Rules 1415.0100 to 1415.4100

Health care providers

Cross-examination, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Cross-examination before hearing, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Medical disputes, Minn. Rules 1415.3800

Hearings

Expedited procedures, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Hearings, costs and disbursements (courts), taxation, Minn. Rules 1415.3300

Insurers

Definitions, Minn. Rules 1415.0300, 1420.0200

Employer's experts, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Medical claims, Minn. Rules 1415.3800

Intervenors

Administrative conferences, Minn. Rules 1415.3700

Applications to intervene, Minn. Rules 1415.1250

Claims with, resolution, Minn. Rules 1420.1850

Definitions, Minn. Rules 1415.0300

Expedited procedures, Expedited procedures, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Motions to intervene, Minn. Rules 1415.1250

Potential intervenors, notice received, Minn. Rules 1415.1100

Settlement conferences, Minn. Rules 1420.1800

Intervenors, notice received, Minn. Rules 1415.1100

Intervention, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.361, 176.83, 268.18

Joinder of parties, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Labor and Industry Department, see WORKERS COMPENSATION

Liability disputes, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.191

Location, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, 176.341

Medical disputes, Minn. Rules 1415.3800

Medical Services Review Board, Minn. Rules 5217.0300 to 5217.1000

Motions

Direct testimony by health care provider, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Disputed or additional discovery, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Employment status issues, bifurcation, Minn. Rules 1420.2605

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2250

Joinder of parties, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Motions for protection, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Motions to intervene, Minn. Rules 1415.1250

Sanctions, motions to impose, Minn. Rules 1420.3700

Subpoenas, quashing, Minn. Rules 1420.2700

Notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.341

Objections

Consolidation of cases, Minn. Rules 1420.2500

Depositions, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Discontinuance of benefits, hearings on, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Petitions for temporary orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2350

Orders

Failure to comply with, Minn. Rules 1420.3700

Temporary orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2350

Parties

Joinder, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Representatives, at settlement conferences, Minn. Rules 1420.1800

Temporary orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2350

Parties to claims

Adverse parties, defined, Minn. Rules 1415.1000

Authorization by, Minn. Rules 1415.0600, 1415.3200

Notice given, notice of representation, Minn. Rules 1415.0800

Service of process, Minn. Rules 1415.0700

Petitions

Requirements, generally, Minn. Rules 1415.1000

Subrogation interest, petitions for determination, Minn. Rules 1415.4000

Temporary orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2350

Pleadings

Companion cases, Minn. Rules 1420.2500

Incomplete, corrections, expedited procedures, Minn. Rules 1420.2150

Joinder of parties, service of pleadings, Minn. Rules 1420.1300

Service, petitions for compensation or reimbursement, Minn. Rules 1420.2400

Pretrial conferences, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, Minn. Rules 1420.1900, 1420.2400, 1420.2600

Pretrial statements, Minn. Rules 1420.1900

Proprietary information or trade secrets, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Protective orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Public hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.401

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 1415.0100, 1420.0100

Questions of fact, referral, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.381

Records, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Rehabilitation Review Panel, Minn. Rules 5217.0300 to 5217.1000

Scheduling, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 1420.0100

Service of process, generally, Minn. Rules 1415.0700

Settlement conferences, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.306, Minn. Rules 1420.1800, 1420.2600

Settlements

Claims with intervenors, Minn. Rules 1420.1850

Generally, Minn. Rules 1420.2050

Stipulations for settlement, Minn. Rules 1420.1850, 1420.1900

Severability of law, Minn. Rules 1420.3800

Stipulations

Intervenors, Minn. Rules 1415.1250

Records, Minn. Rules 1420.2900

Stipulations for settlement, Minn. Rules 1420.1850, 1420.1900

Subpoenas, Minn. Rules 1420.2700

Teleconferences, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.107

Testimony, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.305

Third parties

Notice requirements, Minn. Rules 1415.0700, 1415.1100

Recovery by, subrogation interest in, Minn. Rules 1415.4000

Time, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.341

Trade secrets, protective orders, Minn. Rules 1420.2200

Tuberculosis

Contracted by employees of state institutions, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.871

Contracted by police officers during performance of duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.875

Witnesses, Minn. Rules 1415.3700, 1420.2900