Legal Opinion
Worker's Compensation Claim of Rodgers v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 2006No. 05-144PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDEN, Justice.
[¶ 1] Milton Rodgers suffered a work related back injury in 1983. Since then, Rodgers has undergone twenty-one neck and back surgeries and has suffered chronic pain, which his physicians have treated with numerous narcotic pain medications. In 1997, Rodgers began experiencing gastrointestinal problems caused by the narcotic pain medications. The Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Division (Division) paid Rodgers’ claims relating to his gastrointestinal problems until 2002. The Division thereafter denied Rodgers’ claims on the ground that the gastrointestinal problems for which…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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