F.O.E. Aerie 2337 v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

Phillip W. Kania, an injured employee, and F.O.E. Aerie 2337, a/k/a Eagles Club, his former employer, each separately appealed from a district court judgment affirming a decision of the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau. The Bureau refused to require reimbursement of benefits paid to Kania but barred him from further benefits for a false statement that he made in his claim. We affirm.

Kania claimed workers compensation benefits on October 22, 1987, alleging that he injured his back on October 10, 1987, when he fell down some steps while working as a chef for the Eagles…