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YOST v. WYOMING STATE TREASURER, ETC.

No. 5721.

654 P.2d 137 (1982)

In the Matter of the Claims of Gloriane YOST and Scott Yost, Widow and Son of Gale A. Yost, Appellants (Claimants), v. WYOMING STATE TREASURER ex rel. WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Douglas Dumbrill of Hughes & Dumbrill, Sundance, for appellants.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl Hildebrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Steven R. Czoschke, Legal Intern, Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.

ROSE, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case asks whether the fatal heart attack suffered by worker Gale Allen Yost is compensable under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act, §§ 27-12-101 through 27-12-805, W.S. 1977. We will hold that it was, thereby reversing the trial court.

FACTS

Gale Allen Yost was a truck driver who, during the period of time that he was employed by S & S Trucking, Inc., suffered a serious, nonfatal heart attack...

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