Zimmerman v. North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance Fund

VANDEWALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Marlys Zimmerman appealed from a judgment affirming a decision by Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”) which terminated her temporary partial disability benefits. We hold WSI properly interpreted and applied N.D.C.C. § 65-05-10(2) in terminating Zimmerman’s partial disability benefits, and we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Zimmerman incurred a lumbar spine injury at work in November 2000, and WSI accepted her claim and began paying her temporary partial disability benefits. The parties do not dispute that from November 2000 through April 2008, WSI paid Zimmerman temporary…