{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.371","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 176.371","heading":"AWARD OR DISALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION.","body":"The compensation judge to whom a petition has been assigned for hearing, shall hear all competent, relevant evidence produced at the hearing. All questions of fact and law submitted to a compensation judge at the hearing shall be disposed of and the judge's decision shall be filed with the commissioner, except where expedited procedures require a shorter time, within 60 days after the submission, unless sickness or casualty prevents a timely filing, or the chief administrative law judge extends the time for good cause. The compensation judge's decision shall include a determination of all contested issues of fact and law and an award or disallowance of compensation or other order as the pleadings, evidence, this chapter and rule require. A compensation judge's decision shall include a memorandum only if necessary to delineate the reasons for the decision or to discuss the credibility of witnesses. A memorandum shall not contain a recitation of the evidence presented at the hearing but shall be limited to the compensation judge's basis for the decision.\nNo part of the salary of a compensation judge shall be paid unless the chief administrative law judge determines that all decisions of that judge have been issued within the time limits prescribed by this chapter.","path":["LABOR, INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 176. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/176.371","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"173d68454df0ef5d1968b74b73e765c15415d2519b0500ddb937c2dd412a992d","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.37","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.38"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}