Miller v. Workforce Safety & Insurance

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Palmer Miller appealed from a district court judgment affirming a Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”) order denying him further disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits. We temporarily remand for an evidentiary hearing regarding alleged improper ex parte communications.

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[¶ 2] In July 1993, Miller suffered a work-related injury to his lower back while employed as a carpenter with Real Builders, Inc., of Minot. The Worker’s Compensation Bureau, now WSI, accepted Miller’s claim and paid associated medical expenses and disability benefits. Between the…