MATTER OF SWASSO

No. 87-229.

751 P.2d 887 (1988)

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Anthony L. SWASSO. Anthony L. SWASSO, Appellant (Employee/Claimant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, ex rel. WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector/Defendant), v. BARNHART DRILLING COMPANY, INC., (Employer/Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sky D. Phifer, Lander, for appellant.

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

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


URBIGKIT, Justice.

In this worker's compensation case, appellant Anthony L. Swasso appeals from the district court order granting motions of the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division (state fund) dismissing his Petition for Relief from Order, and Amended Petition for a new trial, constituting a request to re-examine a previously denied worker's compensation claim. We affirm, based on principles of res judicata.

Swasso fashions the appeal:

"1. Does...

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