Zielinske v. Johnson County School District No. 1

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

Appellant contests the hearing examiner’s denial of worker’s compensation benefits for occupational asthma. The hearing examiner found that appellant had not reported her claim within the statutory time period and failed to rebut the presumption that the claim be denied pursuant to Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-502 (Repl.1991). The hearing examiner also found that benefits were precluded because appellant had knowingly engaged in an injurious practice by continuing to smoke cigarettes against her doctor’s recommendation. As the hearing examiner correctly applied the statutory…