Anderson v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

The North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau appealed from a district court judgment reversing the Bureau’s dismissal of Roberta Anderson’s claim as untimely filed. We affirm.

On November 7, 1984, Dr. Gregory Hen-nenfent, M.D., examined Roberta Anderson, who was experiencing various physical symptoms including numbness in her hands. One of his diagnoses was carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition of pinched nerves causing numbness in the fingers and hand. Even though she was examined on a number of later occasions, Anderson’s medical records from Dr. Hennenfent and other doctors…