MATTER OF FRITZ

No. 96-68.

937 P.2d 1345 (1997)

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Charles FRITZ, an Employee of United Parcel Service. Charles FRITZ, Appellant (Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' SAFETY AND COMPENSATION DIVISION; and United Parcel Service, Appellees (Respondents).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Painter, Casper, for appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Jennifer A. Evans, Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, for Appellee State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division.

George Santini of Santini Law Offices, Cheyenne, for Appellee United Parcel Service.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, and LEHMAN, JJ., and KALOKATHIS, District Judge.


TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

Appellant received worker's compensation benefits for nearly a year for a 1993 injury incurred while working for United Parcel Service. When appellant submitted claims in November 1994, however, the Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division denied the claims maintaining that the current injuries were caused by a non-work related incident in 1992. After an evidentiary hearing, the hearing examiner held that appellant failed to prove his...

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