BASKIN v. STATE EX REL. WORKER'S COMP.

No. 85-198.

722 P.2d 151 (1986)

James T. BASKIN, Appellant (Employee-Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent), Hicklin Sod Farm, Appellee (Employer-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. White, Vines, Rideout, Gusea & White, P.C., Cheyenne, for appellant.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., John W. Renneison, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Terry J. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee State of Wyo.

Carole Shotwell, Whitehead, Zunker, Gage, Davidson & Shotwell, P.C., Cheyenne, for appellee Hicklin.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and BROWN, CARDINE and MACY, JJ., and TAYLOR, District Judge.


THOMAS, Chief Justice.

This appeal is taken from the denial of a claim for worker's compensation benefits. The significant question to be resolved is the constitutionality of the exception of "ranching or agriculture" from the extra-hazardous occupations of teaming and truck driving and motor delivery as defined in § 27-12-106(a)(xviii) and (xix), W.S. 1977. The constitutionality of § 27-12-102(a)(xvi), W.S. 1977, which permits an employer engaged in "power...

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