State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division v. Sparks

THOMAS, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal requires this Court to define the phrase, “the normal activities of day-to-day living,” that is used in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-102(a)(xi)(G) (Michie Cum.Supp.1996). We hold that the phrase does not include those activities of an employee, while engaged in job-related duties, over which the employer has the right to control the details. The Office of Administrative Hearings ruled that a back injury sustained by Nancy J. Sparks (Sparks), who was working as a hospital nurse when she bent over a cart to obtain medication for a patient, was not…