Legal Opinion
Haney v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1994No. Civ. 930324PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDSTROM, Justice.
In this case we address the constitutionality of the agricultural exemption from workers compensation coverage. A farm worker appeals from a district court judgment affirming a North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau order denying benefits. We conclude the agricultural exemption in the workers compensation law does not violate the equal protection guarantee of the North Dakota Constitution and affirm.
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Robert C. Haney, a farm laborer, injured his back while cleaning grain storage facilities for Grindberg Farms. Haney applied for workers compensation benefits. The bureau…
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