Traynor v. Leclerc

MESCHKE, Justice.

[¶ 1] In these two cases, J. Patrick Tray-nor, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Workers Compensation Bureau, and the State [the Bureau], petitioned for supervisory writs directing the Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc, Presiding Judge of the East Central Judicial District, to vacate orders denying their demands for change of judge and to grant their demands. We grant the petitions.

[¶ 2] The Bureau paid disability benefits to Arthur Ash and Donald Simenson, who were injured in 1988. The Bureau terminated their disability benefits when Ash and Simen-son became…