IN RE WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM OF HAMPTON

No. 99-119.

3 P.3d 837 (2000)

In the Matter of the WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM OF Laris HAMPTON, an Employee of Lifecare Center of Cheyenne: Laris Hampton, Appellant (Petitioner), v. Lifecare Center of Cheyenne, and State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, Appellees (Respondents).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Timothy C. Kingston of Graves, Miller & Kingston, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee State ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division: Gay Woodhouse, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald W. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Bernard P. Haggerty, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

In this case, the Office of Administrative Hearings found against Laris Hampton (Hampton) with respect to the timely reporting of a claimed work-related injury, and ruled that she had not met her burden of proving a lack of prejudice to her employer or the Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division (Division). An injured employee is required by Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-502(a) (Lexis 1999) to report an injury no later "than seventy-two ...

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