IRELAND v. STATE EX REL. WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIV.

No. 98-206.

998 P.2d 398 (2000)

In The Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Francis IRELAND, Appellant (Petitioner Employee/Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent Objector/Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Robert A. Nicholas, Nicholas Law Office, LLC, Riverton, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Gay Woodhouse, Chief Deputy Attorney General; John Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Robert L. Lanter, Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Mr. Lanter.

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


GOLDEN, Justice.

Francis Ireland appeals from the district court's order affirming the hearing examiner's denial of worker's compensation loss of earnings benefits. In 1997, after Ireland's third surgery for his work-related shoulder injury, Ireland's surgeon filed a report with the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division (Division). The report requested a physical capacity evaluation to determine his physical ability to perform different types of jobs and assist in...

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