Shotbolt v. North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Richard Shotbolt appeals from a district court judgment affirming an order by Workforce Safety & Insurance (“WSI”), which denied Shotbolt further disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits and required him to return to work in the same occupation with any employer. Because we conclude a reasoning mind could reasonably conclude from the weight of the evidence that WSI’s vocational rehabilitation plan requiring Shotbolt return to the same occupation with any employer under N.D.C.C. § 65 — 05.1—01(4)(b), was the first appropriate rehabilitation option for Shot-bolt,…