Loveday v. Wyoming State Treasurer ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division

CARDINE, Justice.

The appellant, John Loveday, applied to the district court for modification of a worker’s compensation award he had received following an oil rig accident. Neither the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Division nor Exeter Drilling, the appellant’s employer, contested the application for modification. The district court, nevertheless, held a hearing and denied the application.

Appellant raises two issues on appeal and the appellee, the State of Wyoming, agrees that they are controlling. The two issues we must decide are:(1) whether the district court could lawfully conduct a…