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STATE EX REL. WORKERS' COMP. v. RAMSEY

No. 91-244.

839 P.2d 936 (1992)

STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellant (Petitioner), v. Judy RAMSEY, surviving spouse of Steven Ramsey, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., and J.C. DeMers, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Phillip T. Willoughby, Casper, for appellee.

Before MACY, C.J., THOMAS, URBIGKIT and GOLDEN, JJ., and PRICE, District Judge.

URBIGKIT, Justice.

Can a suicide become a compensable event for worker's compensation coverage? We answer the question in the affirmative in concurring with the decision of the administrative hearing officer which was affirmed upon first appellate review by the district court. Our decision employs the chain of causation test as the predominating principle on this subject within the volume of appellate cases. See Leslie A. Bradshaw, Annotation, Suicide as...

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