Reede v. State Department of Transportation

[¶ 1.] Nancy Reede was injured during the course of her employment with the South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT). Reede worked and lived in the Black Hills at the time of injury and remained there for over two years. She briefly lived in several other places and eventually moved to Forsyth, Montana. Reede sought odd-lot benefits based on her inability to find suitable employment in her community. The Department of Labor (Department) determined her community to be Forsyth/Rosebud, Montana and not the Black Hills area. The Department found that suitable employment did not exist in…