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RICHARD v. STATE EX REL. WYOMING WKRS' COMP.

No. 91-128.

835 P.2d 365 (1992)

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation of Nancy RICHARD, surviving spouse of Barry P. Richard, Appellant (Employee-Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel. WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Jouard, Fort Collins, Colo., for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen. and J.C. DeMers, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE and MACY, JJ., and LEHMAN, District Judge.

THOMAS, Justice, dissenting.

I dissent from the decision of the majority in this case. It is flawed by error in failing to apply settled jurisprudential rules and by a logical fallacy. Because the majority opinion is in error in these respects, the decision of the district court ought to be affirmed. The principle of liberal interpretation of the workers' compensation statutes could lead to a remand of the case to the district court with instructions for a further...

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