Barnes v. Workforce Safety & Insurance

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Celeste Barnes appeals from a district court judgment affirming an order of Workforce Safety and Insurance1 denying benefits for Barnes’s cervical spine condition. We affirm, concluding that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) did not err in admitting expert testimony, that the ALJ and the organization did not apply an erroneous legal standard, and that the organization’s finding that Barnes’s cervical spine condition was- not a compensable injury is supported by a preponderance of the evidence.

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[¶ 2] Barnes had a lengthy history of non-work-related low back problems,…