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★ Minnesota · workplace

Workplace settlements
in Minnesota.

By Reviewed by Abd Shanti, Founder9 min read

Minnesota pays two thirds of the weekly wage for temporary total disability, up to $1,536.84 a week since 1 October 2025; the maximum resets every 1 October. When a machine maimed a hog farm worker, the Supreme Court let him sue its maker, while a cake decorator’s ankle claim failed because of an old fracture.

Facts that decide a workplace claim in Minnesota

Weekly benefit66 2/3 percent of the weekly wage, up to $1,536.84 from 1 October 2025, with a minimum of $307.37; the maximum is 108 percent of the statewide average weekly wage and resets each 1 October.Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry; Minn. Stat. § 176.101, subd. 1
Statewide average weekly wage$1,423 from 1 October 2025, up 3.72 percent from $1,372.Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Deadline to sueSix years for negligence claims “for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract.”Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(5)
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★ MN · reported workplace outcomes

What Minnesota courts have awarded.

Real Minnesota decisions and verdicts, each linked to the court record or official report.

  • Montemayor v. Sebright Products
    Minnesota Supreme Court · 2017
    Summary judgment reversed; claim to a jury

    Nereus Montemayor, a laborer at a hog farm near Claremont, reached into an extruder that crushes food containers to clear a jam while a coworker ran the machine. His legs were crushed and both had to be amputated above the knee, and the state fined his employer more than $18,000 for safety training failures. The Supreme Court held foreseeability was a close question for a jury and revived his claims against the machine maker; three justices dissented.

  • Mattick v. Hy-Vee Food Stores
    Minnesota Supreme Court · 2017
    Denial of benefits reinstated

    Debra Mattick, a cake decorator, broke her right ankle in 2000, before she joined Hy-Vee, and later developed post traumatic arthritis. In January 2014 she tripped over a pallet at work and twisted the ankle. The compensation judge denied benefits, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversed, and the Supreme Court reinstated the denial because substantial evidence supported the judge.

★ MN · workplace · in practice

What changes the number here.

What actually moves a workplace settlement in Minnesota.

  1. 1

    A work injury can support a lawsuit against a machine maker outside comp, as in Montemayor.

  2. 2

    Old injuries in the same body part invite a causation fight. Mattick’s earlier fracture and arthritis were central to the judge’s denial, which the Supreme Court let stand.

  3. 3

    Check the maximum for your injury date, since it changes every 1 October.

★ MN · statute of limitations
6 years for personal injury (uncommonly long); 4 years for medical malpractice

Minn. Stat. § 541.05, § 541.076

★ MN · fault rule
Modified comparative, 51% bar

Modified comparative, recovery barred at 51% claimant fault.

★ workplace · same region & fault regime

Compare to like jurisdictions.

How Minnesota's fault rule and limitation period compare to jurisdictions in the same US region and to those running the same fault rule for workplace claims.

JurisdictionFault ruleLimitationWorkplace page
Minnesota · you are hereModified comparative, 51% bar6 years for personal injury (uncommonly long); 4 years for medical malpractice—
MissouriPure comparative negligence5 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeMO · workplace →
NebraskaModified comparative, 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeNE · workplace →
North DakotaModified comparative, 50% bar6 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeND · workplace →
OhioModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryOH · workplace →
South DakotaSlight versus gross negligence3 years from date of injurySD · workplace →
WisconsinModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryWI · workplace →
MontanaModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryMT · workplace →
NevadaModified comparative, 51% bar2 years for personal injury; 3 years for medical malpracticeNV · workplace →
New HampshireModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryNH · workplace →
New JerseyModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryNJ · workplace →
MississippiPure comparative negligence3 years from date of injuryMS · workplace →
New MexicoPure comparative negligence3 years from date of injuryNM · workplace →
★ MN · workplace · frequently asked

Common questions.

Each answer is independently coherent and references the relevant statute or authority document.

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Sources

Checked 2026-09-29.

★ all of MN
Minnesota overview

Fault rule, statute, caps, and key facts for Minnesota as a whole.

★ national frame
Workplace in United States

Workplace band structure and severity tiers at the US level.

★ all 15 countries
Workplace · everywhere

Cross-jurisdiction comparison of workplace bands.

★ editorial note

Figures on this page are not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult an attorney admitted in Minnesota. See /methodology, /sources, and /disclaimer.