Hohnholt v. Basin Electric Power Co-Op

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

The sole question we must decide here is whether the hearing examiner’s finding that a worker’s compensation claimant’s need for psychiatric treatment did not arise from an injury sustained in the course of employment is supported by substantial evidence.

Petitioner Reed Hohnholt frames the issue as:

“Were medical expenses for psychiatric care properly denied where the evidence showed that such care was precipitated by an injury in the course of employment?”

Respondent Basin Electric Power Co-op frames the issue as:

“Based on the evidence produced by employer and employee,…