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

THOMAS, Justice.

The dispositive question in this case is whether a district court has authority to afford affirmative relief as a product of its review of a workers’ compensation proceeding. A second question that must be resolved is whether the district court properly ruled that the injured workman had not engaged in conduct that justified the invocation of the injurious practices statute, § 27-12-412, W.S.1977. 1 A question related to both of these issues is whether the district court improperly substituted its judgment for that of the administrative hearing officer. We agree with the…