Legal Opinion
Wendt v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1991No. Civ. 900308PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.
Ronald L. Wendt appeals from a district court judgment affirming an order of the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau [Bureau] which denied him disability benefits. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
At the time of the formal hearing before the Bureau, Wendt was a 44-year-old high school graduate with a work history in construction and general labor. He is functionally illiterate, unable to read or write beyond a second grade level. According to a neuropsychologist, Wendt’s reading and writing problems stem from an “[organic mental disorder ... of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Lee v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Froysland v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
- Hayden v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
- Howes v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
- Woodard v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Vista International Hotel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Daniels)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- PDM Molding, Inc. v. StanbergSupreme Court of Colorado · 1995
- Saakian v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
- Bland v. Commission on Medical CompetencyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- Potomac Edison Co. of Virginia, Inc. v. CashCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
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