Butson v. Department of Labor & Industries

*291[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals August 11, 2015.]

¶1 Lee, J.

— Bruce Butson appeals the trial court’s order granting the Department of Labor and Industries’ (Department) CR 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law. Butson argues that (1) the trial court erred in granting the Department’s CR 50 motion at the conclusion of his case before hearing the Department’s evidence, and (2) substantial evidence exists to survive the CR 50 motion showing he had a temporary total disability, was undergoing rehabilitative treatment, and had not reached maximum medical improvement.1 Because the…