PAUL v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION BUREAU

No. 20010290.

644 N.W.2d 884 (2002)

2002 ND 96

Ronald PAUL, Claimant and Appellant, v. NORTH DAKOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION BUREAU, Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Latham, Wheeler Wolf, Bismarck, ND, for claimant and appellant.

Lawrence A. Dopson, Special Assistant Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for appellee.


SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Ronald Paul appealed from a judgment affirming a North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau decision approving a vocational rehabilitation plan and denying him further disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits. We hold the Bureau erroneously applied a presumption to Paul and placed the burden of proof on him. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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