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MATTER OF DESOTELL

No. 88-105.

767 P.2d 998 (1989)

In the Matter of the Injury to Denny G. DESOTELL, deceased, Employee. Gail A. DESOTELL, Appellant (Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel. WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Messenger and Wendy L. Press of Messenger & Jurovich, Thermopolis, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Josephine T. Porter, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ron Arnold, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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

GOLDEN, Justice.

On June 30, 1985, Denny G. Desotell died of a heart attack while driving a tractor-trailer near Elk Mountain, Wyoming. Gail Desotell, his widow, filed a claim for death benefits under the worker's compensation statutes. The Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division (Division) filed an objection to her claim, which was ultimately denied after a trial. On appeal, Gail Desotell argues that the trial court did not properly apply the plain language of W.S...

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