Frohlich v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

Donald R. Frohlich appealed from a judgment affirming a Workers Compensation Bureau order denying him temporary total disability benefits after May 25,1991. We hold that the Bureau’s failure to request doctor certification of the period of Frohlich’s temporary total disability violated NDCC 65-05-08.1. We reverse- the judgment and direct the Bureau to award Frohlich temporary total disability benefits through June 14, 1994.

Frohlich worked for Saks News, Inc. for 34 years at various jobs that required overhead lifting of bundles of magazines and books. In February 1980, Dr.…