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

THOMAS, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether'an employee covered by our worker’s compensation scheme is entitled to an award of temporary total disability benefits following surgery even though his permanent partial disability rating did not increase as a result of the surgery. The district court held that, absent an increase in the permanent partial disability, appellant was not entitled to additional temporary total benefits under § 27-12-606, W.S. 1977. We reverse.

Edward Harris broke his wrist in the scope of his employment for Getty Oil Company in 1980. The expense of…