Sims v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division

MACY, Chief Justice.

Appellant James E. Sims appeals from the district court’s order affirming the hearing examiner’s decision to deny Sims’s application for temporary total disability worker’s compensation benefits.

We affirm.

Sims presents the following issue on appeal:

1. Whether Employee-Claimant’s earning capacity was ever restored following a compens[a]bIe injury.

Sims was employed as a welder for Salt Creek Welding, Inc. He was carrying a load of wood while he was at work on November 20, 1991, when he slipped and fell on some ice. He injured his back as a result of this fall. Sims submitted…