ELSHAUG v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKERS COMP. BUR.

No. 990286.

607 N.W.2d 568 (2000)

2000 ND 42

Rosella ELSHAUG, Claimant and Appellee, v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION BUREAU, Appellant, and Ashley Medical Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Little, of Dietz, Little & Haas, Bismarck, N.D., for claimant and appellee.

Leo F.J. Wilking, Special Assistant Attorney General, Fargo, N.D., for appellant.


MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Workers Compensation Bureau appealed from a judgment reversing the Bureau's orders denying future benefits to Rosella Elshaug and denying reconsideration of its decision. We conclude there were improper ex parte contacts between the Bureau's outside counsel and the Bureau under N.D.C.C. § 28-32-12.1. We, therefore, affirm that part of the judgment reversing the Bureau's order denying reconsideration. We, however, reverse that part...

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