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

THOMAS, Justice.

The primary challenge by Della M. Peder-son (Pederson) to the denial of worker’s compensation benefits by the hearing examiner is that the decision did not comport with the evidence. The hearing examiner found that the evidence did not demonstrate a job-related injury resulting from an accident at the job site and the “injury” for which Pederson sought benefits was not caused by her employment. Instead, the hearing examiner ruled that “the difficulties she encountered before and after September 15, 1994 [the date of the claimed injury] were the result of a pre-existing…