Gregory v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

The North Dakota Workmen’s Compensation Bureau appeals a district court judgment holding that the rate of payment for permanent impairments under § 65-05-12, N.D.C.C., is the statutory rate in effect at the time the impairment is determined rather than the statutory rate in effect on the date of the injury. We uphold the district court’s judgment which reversed the Bureau’s decision.

The facts are not disputed. Laverne Gregory was severely injured in the course of his employment in 1958. The Bureau paid disability and medical expense benefits in connection with that injury.…