FRENCH v. AMAX COAL WEST

No. 97-121.

960 P.2d 1023 (1998)

In The Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Alice D. FRENCH, Appellant (Employee/Claimant), v. AMAX COAL WEST, Appellee (Employer/Objector), and State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Sullivan of Sullivan Law Offices, P.C., Cheyenne, for Appellant(Employee/Claimant).

Catherine MacPherson of MacPherson Law Offices, LLC, Rawlins, for Appellee Amax Coal West.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Bernard P. Haggerty, Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, for Appellee State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division.

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


TAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant challenges the order of the district court affirming the Medical Commission's denial of her claim for worker's compensation benefits. Appellant claims the Medical Commission was without jurisdiction to hear her case and exceeded its statutory authority in deciding issues of law. Finding that appellant's case was not a "medically contested case" as required by Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-616 (Cum.Supp...

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