State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division v. Timothy Smith

BURKE, Justice.

(T1] Appellant, Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, challenges an order from the Office of Administrative Hearings awarding additional temporary total disability (TTD) benefits to Appellee, Timothy Smith. The Division contends the award exceeded the maximum period for which an injured worker may receive temporary total disability benefits. We agree and reverse.

ISSUE

(12] The Division presents a single issue:

Smith sustained a compensable neek injury and, despite four separate surgeries to address it, never returned to work. The Division paid Smith Temporary Total…