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State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. Ramsey

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 8, 1992No. 91-244PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

URBIGKIT, Justice.

Can a suicide become a compensable event for worker’s compensation coverage? We answer the question in the affirmative in concurring with the decision of the administrative hearing officer which was affirmed upon first appellate review by the district court. Our decision employs the chain of causation test as the predominating principle on this subject within the volume of appellate cases. See Leslie A. Bradshaw, Annotation, Suicide as Com-pensable Under Workmen’s Compensation Act, 15 A.L.R.3d 616, 631 (1967).

Steven R. Ramsey suffered a very severe 1988 industrial accident.…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Sponatski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  2. Hohnholt v. Basin Electric Power Co-OpWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Whitehead v. Keene Roofing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1949
  4. Claim of Delinousha v. National Biscuit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  5. Workers' Compensation Claim of Jackson v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Pederson v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Pino v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  3. R.D. v. W.H.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Worker's Compensation Claim Of: Ikenberry v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Kostelac v. Feldman's, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1993

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