Legal Opinion

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of: Anita J. Fieseler v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 2013No. S-13-0047PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VOIGT, Justice.

[¶1] The appellant suffered a heart attack while working as a medical/surgical charge nurse at Lander Regional Hospital. She applied for benefits with the Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division (Division), but the claim was denied. The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upheld the Division's denial of benefits, conelud-ing the appellant did not satisfy her burden set forth in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-608(b) (LexisNexis 2018). Specifically, it found the appellant failed to prove her myocardial in-faretion was caused by exertion clearly unusual or abnormal to her…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim Of: Joseph O. Hayes v. State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Hall v. PerryWyoming Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Loomer v. STATE EX REL. DIVISIONWyoming Supreme Court · 2004

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Worker's Compensation Claim of Hirsch v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Fowles v. FowlesWyoming Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Mandi Lynn Kleinpeter, N/K/A Mandi Lynn Deleon v. Dedrick Ray KleinpeterWyoming Supreme Court · 2017
  4. In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim Of: Christina S. Hirsch, an Employee of Border Foods, Inc. v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2014

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