Benson v. Workforce Safety & Insurance

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Dudley Benson appealed from a district court judgment dismissing his attempted appeal from an order of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”) denying medical benefits. We affirm, concluding Benson failed to perfect his attempted appeal and the district court therefore lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

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[¶ 2] Benson suffered a work-related injury in 1992 and received workers compensation benefits. In 2001, Benson sought medical benefits for hernia surgery, claiming the hernia had developed as a side effect of medications he had been taking for his…