N. Dakota Claimants Get to Gripe to Lawmakers

North Dakota claimants who are unhappy with the state's workers' compensation agency get to gripe to a review panel that has the power to change the law. North Dakota lawmakers sit on the Workers' Compensation Review Committee, which last week began hearing from people who believe they've been unfairly treated by Workforce Safety and Insurance -- the state's work comp authority. The editors at the Bismarck Tribune, in an editorial published Friday, pointed out that the Workers' Compensation Review Committee has no power to intervene in the handling of claims. That's not to say its members...