Smith v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

The North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau appeals from the judgment of the district court reversing the order of the Bureau awarding David Smith a two-year rehabilitation retraining program. Smith cross-appeals from the judgment insofar as it upheld the Bureau’s denial of relocation expenses for him to attend college. We affirm the district court on both issues.

Smith was working for Grace-Bomac Drilling Company as a winch truck driver, and was loading drill pipe on June 24, 1984, when a truck caught one of the pipes between its dual wheels and kicked it sideways…