Parker v. Energy Development Co.

ROSE, Justice.

This appeal comes here for — among other reasons — the resolution of the question which asks whether an employer is immune from “intentional or culpably negligent conduct” 1 resulting in an employee’s injury or death under Wyoming’s worker’s compensation law.

The facts necessary to a decision on this issue are contained in the appellant’s brief. There it is said:

“The Plaintiff, Bruce Parker, was employed by the Defendant, Energy Development Co., as a pumper in the Vanguard No. 2 underground coal mine in Hanna, Wyoming. On or about February 23, 1982, at approximately 2:45 a.m.,…