Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Workforce Services v. Williams
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 2018No. S-17-0142PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Justice.
[¶1] Richard Williams suffered a head injury while working as a well operator and applied for workers’ compensation benefits. In Mr. Williams’ version of events, a flash fire startled him and caused him to fall'backward and strike his head. Because the building in which Mr. Williams was working when he suffered his injury showed no signs of a recent fire, the Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Division (Division) determined that Mr. Williams’ injury did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied benefits.
[¶2] The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upheld the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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