Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. Girardot
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1991No. 90-55PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.
Appellee Lorance I. Girardot, age sixty-two, had an unknown and potentially life threatening coronary artery condition initially discovered when he was examined for surgery for a work related hernia. Expensive coronary artery surgery was first performed before the medical attention to the hernia could reasonably be given. These facts frame this appeal and its issue addressing the state worker’s compensation fund obligation for treatment for a major preexistent physical condition in order to treat the relatively minor work related injury-
The Wyoming Workers’…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Braewood Convalescent Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Yeik v. Department of Revenue & TaxationWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
- Johner v. Wyoming State Treasurer Ex Rel. Worker's Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
- Associated Seed Growers, Inc. v. ScroghamWyoming Supreme Court · 1937
- Quality Wood Products Corp. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
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- PS2, LLC v. ChildersIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
- Palmer v. STATE EX REL. WYO. WORKERS'COMP.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2008
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