Legal Opinion

Haynes v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 29, 1998No. 97-87PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Justice.

The Medical Commission awarded worker’s compensation benefits to appellant for a seizure precipitated by a fall which had aggravated a pre-existing congenital arteriove-nous malformation (AVM). However, the Medical Commission denied benefits for the subsequent treatment to repair the AVM. Finding that the Medical Commission correctly distinguished work-related aggravation of a pre-existing condition from the non-work related repair of that condition, we affirm.

I. ISSUE

Only one issue is presented. Appellant, Odell Haynes (Haynes), states the issue:

Whether the repair of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Romero v. Davy McKee Corp.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Lindbloom v. Teton InternationalWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Nelson v. Sheridan ManorWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. FisherWyoming Supreme Court · 1996
  5. State ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division v. RoggenbuckWyoming Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Hat Six Homes, Inc. v. State, Department of Employment, Unemployment Insurance CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Frontier Refining, Inc. v. PayneWyoming Supreme Court · 2001

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