Fercho v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

The North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau and Transystems, Inc., appealed from a district court judgment reversing a Bureau order denying benefits beyond those already paid. We reverse and remand for entry of a judgment affirming the Bureau’s order.

Transystems employed Leo P. Fercho as a truck driver. Fercho claimed workers compensation benefits for a back injury from assisting in the installation of a truck spring on October 25, 1986. Fercho had surgery on an extruded disc in his back on December 3, 1986. At first, the Bureau awarded benefits. After a rehearing sought by…