Legal Opinion

Worker's Compensation Claim of Keck v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 24, 1999No. 97-359PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEHMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant Judy Keek, a food server, injured her knee at work when she twisted her body while carrying glasses. The Worker’s Compensation Medical Commission (Commission) denied Keck’s request for benefits, stating that Keck’s injury was not compensa-ble because twisting is an activity of day-today living. Keck appealed, and the matter was certified to this court. Because the Commission incorrectly applied the day-today living exclusion, we reverse.

ISSUES

Keck stated the issues for review:

1. Did the Medical Commission err in denying Appellant’s claim for worker’s…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. City of Casper v. UtechWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Martinez v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Pederson v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Everheart v. S & L IndustrialWyoming Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Stuckey v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Boyce v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Spletzer v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Brees v. Gulley Enterprises, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Worker's Compensation Claim of Torres v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Hurley v. PDQ Transport, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2000

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