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

VOIGT, District Judge.

This case has been certified directly to this Court from the Office of Administrative Hearings. Appellant contests the hearing examiner’s conclusion that Appellant bore the burden of proving his injury was not the result of a preexisting condition, and the hearing examiner’s finding that he failed to meet such burden.

We affirm.

FACTS

In 1984, Appellant suffered a work-related injury to his neck, for which he received worker’s compensation benefits from the State of Colorado. In 1991, seven years later, while working for Consolidated Freightways in Wyoming, he had another…