Legal Opinion
Davenport v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 2012No. S-11-0121PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Chief Justice.
[T1] In 2008-2009, Seott Davenport sought worker's compensation benefits for medical care and surgery to fuse vertebrae in his lumbar spine. The Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division (Division) denied benefits on the basis that his 2008-2009 back problems were not caused by work related injuries he suffered in 1984 and 1985. After a contested case hearing, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upheld the Division's denial of benefits, ruling that the procedure was necessitated by a preexisting congenital defect in Mr. Davenport's lumbar spine and not his…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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