Lillefjeld v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

Plaintiff was injured while working for the Washburn Lignite Coal Company insured under the Workmen's Compensation Law. He applied to the bureau for compensation and was awarded $872.96, exclusive of medical and hospital bills — the payments continuing from February 8, 1930, to September 30, 1930. The bureau determined the disability was temporary and not permanent; that the amount allowed was all to which the applicant was entitled, on September 30, 1930, entered its finding to this effect, and closed the case.

May 15, 1931, the plaintiff applied to the bureau for a reconsideration of his…