HAYNES v. STATE EX REL. WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION

No. 97-87.

962 P.2d 876 (1998)

Odell HAYNES, Appellant (Petitioner), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Painter, Casper, Appellant (Petitioner).

William U. Hill, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Bernard P. Haggerty, Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, Appellee (Respondent).

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and TAYLOR, JJ.


TAYLOR, Justice.

The Medical Commission awarded worker's compensation benefits to appellant for a seizure precipitated by a fall which had aggravated a pre-existing congenital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). However, the Medical Commission denied benefits for the subsequent treatment to repair the AVM. Finding that the Medical Commission correctly distinguished work-related aggravation of a pre-existing condition from the non-work related repair of that condition...

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