Kenyon v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

KITE, Chief Justice.

¶1] Michelle Kenyon sought worker's compensation benefits for arthroscopic right knee surgery necessitated by a work-related injury and for a subsequent total knee replacement. After a contested case hearing, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) awarded benefits for the arthroscopic surgery and related treatment but denied benefits for the total knee replacement, ruling that she did not satisfy her burden of proving that her work related injury necessitated that procedure. Ms. Kenyon petitioned for judicial review and the district court affirmed the OAH decision.…