Wyoming State Treasurer Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division v. Schwilke Ex Rel. Schwilke

ROSE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court awarding the appellee widow- and-children benefits under the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act. In its appeal, 1 the State argues that the trial judge was without authority to make the award because the criteria of § 27-12-603(b), W.S. 1977 have not been satisfied. 2

The State Treasurer argues that the evidence introduced by Mrs. Schwilke was insufficient to establish that her husband’s heart attack was directly caused by exertion or stress clearly unusual to or abnormal for workers in that employment.

We find that the…