In re the Worker's Compensation Claim of Jacobs v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Kirk Jacobs (the appellant) injured his toe in a work-related accident in 1982. He received workers’ compensation benefits for a number of conditions related to this accident for many years, including payments for treatment of chronic abdominal pain. In 2003, the Wyoming Workers’ Safety and Compensation Division (Division) entered a Final Determination denying further benefits for chronic abdominal pain. The appellant challenged that action and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) determined that the appellant’s claim was barred by the doctrine of collateral…