Kilburn Tire v. Meredith

BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of temporary total disability payments and medical expenses to appellee Edward Meredith (Meredith) on a worker’s compensation claim.

Appellant employer, Kilbum Tire (Kil-bum) raises three issues:

“1) The appellee should have been disqualified from entitlement to benefits under § 27-12-412, W.S.1977.

“2) Appellee’s failure to give notice or to file his report of injury for over 17 months from the date he knew he had suffered a work-related injury should have resulted in a denial of benefits. “3) The appellee’s claim for benefits should have…