Legal Opinion

Hayes v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 1988No. Civ. 870244PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVINE, Justice.

Arthur Hayes appeals from an order of the district court affirming the denial of additional benefits to Hayes by the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau (the Bureau). We reverse and remand.

Hayes was injured on August 15, 1983, while working in Wyoming for a North Dakota oil drilling firm. A large chain, weighing several hundred pounds, broke and struck Hayes across the arm and the middle of his back throwing him from a drilling platform to the ground about fifteen feet below.

Hayes filed a claim for benefits which was approved by the Bureau. The Bureau agreed to pay Hayes…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Power Fuels, Inc. v. ElkinNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Steele v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Gramling v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Jimison v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Kroeplin v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Howes v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Blanchard v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Frohlich v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Sjostrand v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
  5. White v. North Dakota Workers Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989

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