Rush v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Cheryll Rush appealed from a district court judgment affirming a Workers Compensation Bureau order which denied benefits for Rush’s cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. We affirm, concluding the Bureau did not err in determining Rush’s heart condition was not causally related to her prior work injury.

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[¶ 2] On January 7, 1999, Rush was injured while working at the Knife River Care Center in Beulah. A leak occurred in the hot water heating system at the care center and, because employees originally believed the escaping vapor was smoke from a fire, Rush…