Deraas v. Workforce Safety and Insurance

20070016 Patricia Deraas, Claimant and Appellant
v.
Workforce Safety and Insurance, Appellee
and
Bobcat Company/Ingersoll Rand, Respondent and Appellee

Appeal from: District Court, South Central Judicial District, Burleigh County
Judge Gail H. Hagerty
Nature of Action: Workers Compensation
Counsel:
Appellee: Vogel Law Firm
Appellee: Shawnda R. Ereth , Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen.
Appellant: Dietz & Little Lawyers
Appellee: Lawrence E. King , Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen.
Term: 04/2007   Argument: 04/17/2007  10:45am
ND cite: 2007 ND 70
NW cite: 734 N.W.2d 342

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Issues: Appellant's Statement of the Issues:
Has Patricia Deraas shown by the greater weight of the medical evidence that her continuing neck and head symptoms are a substantial result of her 2002 and 2003 work injuries?

Appellee's Statement of the Issues:
1. Whether a reasoning mind reasonably could have determined that Workforce Safety and Insurance's finding that Ms. Deraas's continuing cervical condition was not a result of her August 2003 work injury and thus, she was not entitled to worker's compensation benefits after December 24, 2004, was proven by the weight of the evidence from the entire record.
AE2 issues
Whether a reasoning mind reasonably could have determined the factual conclusions recited in the Agency's May 4, 2006 Final Order, holding that Patricia Deraas' cervical degenerative disc disease and her current neck symptoms were unrelated to her August 21, 2003 work injury, were proven by the greater weight of the evidence from the entire record.

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Docket entries:
101/15/2007 NOTICE OF APPEAL: 01/11/2007
201/15/2027 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Sandstrom, Dale V.
302/09/2007 RECORD ON APPEAL with separates 4(admin. record with transcript dated June 9, 2005, and transcript
402/09/2007 of deposition)
502/15/2007 DISK - tra (Adm. Hrg. Trans. dated 6-9-05)
602/20/2007 APPELLANT BRIEF
702/20/2007 APPELLANT APPENDIX
802/20/2007 DISK - ATB
903/07/2007 APPELLEE BRIEF - Workforce Safety and Insurance
1003/07/2007 APPELLEE APPENDIX
1103/08/2007 DISK - aeb (e-mailed) Worforce Safety and Insurance
1203/21/2007 APPELLEE BRIEF - Bobcat Co./Ingersoll Rand
1303/21/2007 DISK of AEB - Bobcat Co./Ingersoll Rand
1403/21/2007 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Leclerc, Lawrence A.
1504/04/2007 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION: Kapsner, Carol Ronning
1604/04/2007 SITTING WITH THE COURT: Irby, John Charles
1704/17/2007 APPEARANCES: Stephen D. Little; Lawrence E. King; Leslie Bakken Oliver
1804/17/2007 ARGUED: Little; King; Oliver
1904/17/2007 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
2005/09/2007 DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED BY SUMMARY DISP.
2105/09/2007 UNANIMOUS OPINION: Per Curiam
2205/09/2007 Costs on appeal taxed under N.D.C.C. 65-10-03
2305/09/2007 Judgment E-Mailed to Parties
2405/31/2007 MANDATE
2506/05/2007 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE

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