Erin Lindsay v. Minneapolis Public School District (SSD1), Self-Insured, Relator

Summary

The Supreme Court of Minnesota affirmed that Erin Lindsay’s knee injury occurred in the course of her employment and that Minnesota Statutes §176.021, subd. 9 does not bar workers’ compensation because the after‑school basketball practice was not a voluntary employer‑sponsored recreational program for the benefit of employees. The court applied de novo review to both the factual‑legal inquiry of “course of employment” and the statutory construction of the exclusion provision.