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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT
RELEASED APRIL 22, 2026
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A24-1989 Cindy Ludwig, Respondent, vs. Dakota County, Self-Insured by SFM Risk Solutions,
Relator.
Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals.
1. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals did not make an impermissible factual finding when it applied the special-errand exception because the finding and its supporting inference were not manifestly contrary to the evidence.
2. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals did not err as a matter of law by concluding that the employee’s injury was compensable under the special-errand exception to the general rule that an employee’s injury that occurs while commuting to and from work is not compensable.
Affirmed. Justice Sarah E. Hennesy.
Concurring, Justice Anne K. McKeig.