Are Minnesota Nurses Who Contract Coronavirus Eligible for Workers’ Compensation?

As Coronavirus-related restrictions phase-out, more Minnesotans, including a significant number of healthcare workers, including nurses, are contracting Coronavirus (COVID-19). In fact, on May 20, 2020, the Star Tribune reported that “health care workers constitute 1,949 of Minnesota’s 17,029 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.” [1] Minnesota nurses, from Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis to St. […]