Cridland v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Norma Cridland appealed a judgment affirming a workers compensation bureau order apportioning benefits previously paid her and requiring her to repay more than $24,-000. Cridland’s appeal raises issues about whether a Bureau order awarding her benefits precludes the Bureau from later apportioning those benefits between her work injury and a noncompensable injury. We hold, in the absence of new evidence or a change in medical condition, the Bureau’s order awarding Cridland benefits for her work injury, entered with knowledge of the noncompensa-ble injury and after a…