176.381 REFERENCE OF QUESTIONS OF FACT. Subdivision 1. Hearing before Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. In the hearing of any matter before the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, the chief judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals may refer any question of fact to the chief administrative law judge for assignment to a compensation […]
176.391 INVESTIGATIONS. Subdivision 1. Power to make. Before, during, or after any hearing, a compensation judge may make an independent investigation of the facts alleged in the petition or answer. Subd. 2. Appointment of physicians, surgeons, and other experts. The compensation judge assigned to a matter may appoint one or more neutral physicians or surgeons […]
176.401 HEARINGS PUBLIC. All hearings before a compensation judge are public. History: 1953 c 755 s 57; 1969 c 276 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 134 s 78; 1981 c 346 s 117
176.411 RULES OF EVIDENCE, PLEADING, AND PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Conduct of hearings and investigations. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, when a compensation judge makes an investigation or conducts a hearing, the compensation judge is bound neither by the common law or statutory rules of evidence nor by technical or formal rules of pleading […]
