High Court Upholds Order for Truck Driver to Reimburse Benefit Payments

The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld an order compelling a truck driver to repay the benefits he had received from Workforce Safety and Insurance for an out-of-state injury. Case: State v. Oden, No. 20190242, 11/19/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Chris Oden worked for Minot Builders Supply Associates as a truck driver. In May 2010, he suffered an injury while working in Missouri. Workforce Safety and Insurance accepted Oden’s injury as compensable. But in October 2013, WSI issued a notice it would be suspending Oden’s benefits, since he had filed a workers’...