HARRIS v. STATE, WORKERS' COMP. DIV.

No. 87-6.

736 P.2d 309 (1987)

Edward HARRIS, Appellant (Employee-Claimant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, ex rel. WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector-Defendant), v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, (Employer-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Drell, Casper, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Josephine T. Porter, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Susan Maher Overeem, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee State of Wyo.

Before BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and MACY, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether an employee covered by our worker's compensation scheme is entitled to an award of temporary total disability benefits following surgery even though his permanent partial disability rating did not increase as a result of the surgery. The district court held that, absent an increase in the permanent partial disability, appellant was not entitled to additional temporary total benefits under § 27-12...

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