Trinity Hospitals v. Mattson

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Trinity Hospitals, a North Dakota non-profit corporation, petitions for a supervisory writ, asking this Court to direct the district court to vacate its order denying Trinity Hospitals’ motion for summary judgment and to dismiss a wrongful death action by Laura Phillips, as personal representative of the estate of Eleanor Neiss, against Trinity Hospitals. We conclude Trinity Hospitals is immune from suit under the exclusive remedy provisions of workers’ compensation law, and we direct the district court to dismiss Phillips’ action.

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[¶ 2] Phillips brought a wrongful…