Lane-Walter v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

HILL, Justice.

[T1] Appellant, Sherry Lane-Walter (Lane-Walter), challenges an order of the district court which affirmed the decision of a Medical Commission Hearing Panel (Medical Commission). The Medical Commission's order denied the benefits Lane-Walter sought for a back surgery procedure. Benefits were denied on the basis that the surgical procedure at issue, to implant an X STOP®1 device in Lane-Walter's back, did not qualify as "reasonable and necessary medical care." Lane-Walter contends that she was entitled to that "medical care" under paragraph 7 of the settlement agreement that she…