1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 100 P.3d
  5. 100 P.3d 427 (2004)
 

BAXTER v. SINCLAIR OIL CORP.

No. 03-229.

100 P.3d 427 (2004)

2004 WY 138

In the Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of Rial BAXTER, Appellant (Petitioner/Employee-Claimant), v. SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION, Appellee (Respondent/Employer-Objector), and State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, Appellee (Respondent/Objector-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Bernard Q. Phelan, Phelan-Watson Law Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee Sinclair Oil Corporation: Catherine MacPherson of MacPherson, Kelly & Thompson, LLC, Rawlins, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee State of Wyoming: Patrick J. Crank, Wyoming Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Steven R. Czoschke, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kristi M. Radosevich, Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Radosevich.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, and VOIGT, JJ., and KAUTZ, D.J.

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the hearing examiner erred by denying worker's compensation benefits to Appellant Rial Baxter for his lower back pain even though two experts had testified that Baxter's condition was work-related. Baxter had claimed his back pain was caused by a material aggravation of a preexisting condition, but the hearing examiner rejected this theory because it found the medical expert opinion...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases