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

No. 01-1.

37 P.3d 373 (2001)

2001 WY 136

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Denise HALL, Appellant (Petitioner), v. STATE of Wyoming ex rel. WYOMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: David M. Gosar, Jackson, WY.

Representing Appellee: Gay Woodhouse, Wyoming Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Gerald L. Laska, Senior Assistant Attorney General; David L. Delicath, Assistant Attorney General.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.


GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] This appeal presents the issue of whether Appellant Denise Hall, who was seeking worker's compensation benefits, failed in her burden of proving causation when two of her treating physicians testified that her lower back pain symptoms were caused by a 1997 uncontested work-related accident. After Hall established that a type of spinal fracture known as a pars defect was causing her back pain, the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division relied...

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