Johnson v. North Dakota Workers' Compensation Bureau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

The North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Bureau appealed from a district court judgment reversing the Bureau’s determination that Margaret Johnson did not have good cause to discontinue her vocational rehabilitation program. We reverse the judgment and reinstate the Bureau’s order.

While employed at a Jamestown restaurant, on February 20, 1986, Margaret fell and sustained an injury to her lower back. The Bureau accepted liability and awarded Margaret medical, disability, and vocational rehabilitation benefits. The Bureau and Margaret entered into a vocational…