ROUTH v. STATE EX REL. WORKERS' COMP. DIV.

No. 96-291.

952 P.2d 1108 (1998)

Claude V. ROUTH, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Santini of Santini Law Offices, Terry W. Mackey of Hickey, Mackey, Evans, Walker & Stewart (argued), Cheyenne, Joel W. Howell, III, Jackson, MS, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General (argued), for Appellee.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The only issue before the Court in this case is whether, pursuant to the Constitution of the United States, full faith and credit must be afforded to a judgment entered in a Mississippi court against the Workers' Compensation Division (the Division), an agency of the State of Wyoming. Claude V. Routh (Routh) was injured in Wyoming in November of 1985 while working in covered employment under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act. WYO. STAT. §...

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