Svoboda v. Wyoming State Treasurer ex rel. Worker's Compensation Division

I dissent.

I cannot understand reasoning which defies the direction of § 4, Art. X, Wyoming Constitution authorizing the establishment of a worker’s compensation program with payment to injured employees “except in case of injuries due solely to the culpable negligence of the injured employee,” § 27— 12-102(aXxii)(C) defining “injury” as excluding “[ijnjury due solely to the culpable negligence of the injured employee,” and § 27-12-103(a) which excludes employees from the “rights and remedies” of the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act when “culpably negligent.” Culpable negligence of the…