IN RE PINO

No. 98-79.

996 P.2d 679 (2000)

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Gerald S. PINO, An Employee Of Cowboy Dodge: Gerald S. Pino, Appellant (Petitioner), v. State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Terry J. Harris of Terry J. Harris, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: 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, Wyoming.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The resolution of this case, in which judicial review is sought of an Order Denying Benefits for a worker's compensation claim, depends upon the recognition of a duty on the part of a hearing examiner to invoke the rules of law pertaining to the claimant's theory of the case. The issue claimed by Gerald S. Pino (Pino) is that the decision of the hearing examiner, denying benefits for a herniated disc in his back, was contrary to the substantial weight...

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