Hoffner v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Thomas Hoffner appealed from the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau’s order denying his claim for benefits and from a judgment of the district court which affirmed the Bureau’s decision. We affirm.

[¶ 2] In early Spring 1998, Hoffner, who lived in Fargo, approached one of his past supervisors, Wade Wolf, about getting a construction job with North Central Construction Company, Inc. (“North Central”). Wolf was the steel erection superintendent for North Central. Wolf and Hoffner were from the same town and Wolf had employed Hoffner on at least two prior…