Pino v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

THOMAS, Justice.

The resolution of this case, in which judicial review is sought of an Order Denying Benefits for a worker’s compensation claim, depends upon the recognition of a duty on the part of a hearing examiner to invoke the rules of law pertaining to the claimant’s theory of the case. The issue claimed by Gerald S. Pino (Pino) is that the decision of the hearing examiner, denying benefits for a herniated disc in his back, was contrary to the substantial weight of the evidence, and such a decision is arbitrary, capricious, or other than in accordance with law. Pino was injured on the…