State Ex Rel. Workforce Safety, & Insurance v. Altru Health Systems

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”) appeals and Altru Health Systems (“Altru”) cross-appeals from a district court order denying WSI’s motion for contempt, permitting WSI to take depositions of a claimant’s treating physician and physician’s assistant in connection with a fraud investigation, and prohibiting WSI from requiring either the physician or physician’s assistant to review videotaped surveillance of the claimant. Because we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion under N.D.C.C. § 65-02-11, we affirm.

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[¶ 2] As a part of a fraud…