State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. Girardot

I agree that the decision of the district court must be reversed in this case, and the case must be remanded for entry of an order reinstating the decision of the hearing examiner. I would premise that result upon the language of our statute, however, without reference to, or discussion of, precedent from foreign jurisdictions.

Section 27-14-102(a)(xi), W.S.1977 (June 1987 Repl.), defines injury for purposes of the statute in this way:

“(xi) ‘Injury’ means any harmful change in the human organism other than normal aging and includes damage to or loss *931of any artificial replacement and death,…