Inwards v. North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Kathy Inwards appeals from a judgment reversing an administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) decision requiring Workforce Safety & Insurance (‘WSI”) to continue providing her disability and rehabilitation benefits. We conclude the ALJ erred as a matter of law in ruling Inwards had good cause for failing to comply with a retraining program because WSI’s previous order requiring Inwards to participate in the retraining program had been appealed and had not been finally resolved at the time she withdrew from the retraining program. We affirm the district court judgment reversing…