Slater v. State ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Safety & Compensation Division

SPANGLER, District Judge (Retired).

[¶1] This is an appeal from a decision by a hearing examiner granting a petition filed by the Division of Workers' Safety and Compensation (the division) for modification of an award on the ground of mistake. We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] The issue is as follows: Did the hearing examiner erroneously modify an award upon the ground of mistake under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-605(a) (LEXIS 1999) when the division made an error in its calculations?

FACTS

[¥3] On February 24, 1998, the appellant, Anthony Slater, suffered a work-related infu-ry. He eventually applied for…