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MANNING v. STATE EX REL. DIV.

No. 96-7.

938 P.2d 870 (1997)

Tresa MANNING, Employee; and Donald L. Painter, Esquire, Appellants (Respondents), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Painter, Casper, for Appellants.

William U. Hill, Attorney General, and Jennifer A. Evans, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, and LEHMAN, JJ., and ROGERS, D.J.

LEHMAN, Justice.

This case involves the question of when a hearing examiner acquires jurisdiction to appoint an attorney and award attorney fees in a worker's compensation case. The district court reversed the hearing examiner's orders awarding attorney fees, finding that the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) acquires jurisdiction only when 1) an interested party files a written objection to a determination by the Division, and 2) the matter is properly referred...

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