Zerr v. North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance

McEvers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Arjuna Zerr appeals from a ’judgment dismissing his action seeking declaratory relief against North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”). We conclude the district court did not err in dismissing his complaint based on a lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Zerr did not exhaust his statutory administrative remedies. We affirm,

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[¶ 2] In September 2013, Zerr was severely burned in an explosion and fire at an oil well site in Mountrail County while working for Summit Oilfield Service, Inc., WSI accepted Zend’s claim and began providing him benefits,…