Renault v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Wade Renault appeals from a judgment affirming a North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau order requiring him to forfeit future benefits under N.D.C.C. § 65-05-33 for willfully making material false statements in a July 1992 reapplication for benefits and in a November 1992 telephone conversation with a Bureau claims analyst. Renault argues the Bureau’s findings about those two statements are not supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

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[¶2] On January 9, 1992, Renault was injured when he fell from scaffolding during the course of his employment as a…