Legal Opinion
Apodaca v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1999No. Nos. 97-148, 97-158PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEHMAN, Chief Justice.
A hearing examiner granted Vince Apoda-ca’s worker’s compensation claim for loss of earnings benefits. The Worker’s Compensation Division (Division) filed a petition for review, and the district court certified the case pursuant to W.R.A.P. 12.09(b). The Division complains that Apodaca is not entitled to loss of earnings benefits because he is unable to work, not as a result of his back injury, but as a result of his incarceration in the state penitentiary. In a related matter, the hearing examiner stayed payment of Apodaca’s award, without interest, pending the…
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- Pacific Power and Light v. ParsonsWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
- J. A. Foust Coal Co. v. MesserSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Worker's Compensation Claim of Haagensen v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
- Baskerville v. Saunders Oil Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1985
- Apodaca v. OmmenWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
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- Laliberte v. United Security, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2002