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SIDWELL v. STATE WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIV.

No. 97-216.

977 P.2d 60 (1999)

Ed SIDWELL, Appellant (Petitioner), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Newman of Honaker, Hampton & Newman, Rock Springs, WY. Argument by Mr. Newman, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Bernard P. Haggerty, Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Mr. Haggerty, for Appellee.

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

LEHMAN, Chief Justice.

A hearing examiner denied injured worker Ed Sidwell's (Sidwell) claim for permanent partial disability benefits. The hearing examiner found that Sidwell had voluntarily sought and accepted a lower paying job, a job he had applied for prior to his work-related back injury. From this, the hearing examiner concluded that Sidwell had not lost any earning power because of his injury, and he was thus not entitled to benefits. Sidwell petitioned for...

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