Deroche v. R.L. Manning Co.

THOMAS, Justice.

The dispositive question in this case is whether the record sustains a finding by the district court that an injured workman failed to meet his burden of proving that he had suffered an increase in incapacity due solely to the injury, which he must do to justify reopening his award pursuant to § 27-12-606, W.S.1977. The district judge authored a decision letter which focused upon the four-year period of limitations found in the statute. In the Order Denying Petition, however, the court also made a general finding against the workman. If the district court’s decision had been…