Legal Opinion

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Todd Jensen, an Employee of R.S. Bennett Construction: Todd Jensen v. State of Wyoming, ex rel., Department of Workforce Services, Workers' Compensation Division

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 2016No. S-16-0017PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOX, Justice.

[T1] The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) denied Mr. Jensen's worker's compensation claim on the grounds that he failed to prove a causal relationship between his automobile accident and his prior work-related accident. The district court upheld that decision. We affirm

ISSUES

[12] 1 Did the OAH properly apply the second compensable injury rule?

2. Was the OAH's conclusion that Mr. Jensen did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his automobile accident was causally connected to his work-related injury supported by substantial evidence?

FACTS

[18] On October 18,…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Worker's Compensation Claim of Dale v. S & S Builders, LLCWyoming Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Worker's Compensation Claim of Bush v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Kenyon v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Sun Valley Potatoes, Inc. v. Rosholt, Robertson & TuckerIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Jim's Water Service v. EayrsWyoming Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Moser v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2018
  2. In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of: Valerie Price v. State of Wyoming, ex rel., Department of Workforce Services, Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Shaun Kenneth Hamilton v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Scott Triplett v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Department of Workforce Services, Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2021
  5. Boyce v. State ex rel. Department of Workforce Services, Workers' Compensation DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 2017

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