WORKER'S COMP. CLAIM OF RODGERS v. STATE

No. 05-144.

135 P.3d 568 (2006)

2006 WY 65

In the Matter of the WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM OF Milton RODGERS, Appellant (Employee/Claimant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., WYOMING WORKERS' SAFETY AND COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Objector/Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk A. Morgan of Gage & Moxley, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming, for appellant.

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, for appellee. Argument by Ms. Radosevich.

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


GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Milton Rodgers suffered a work related back injury in 1983. Since then, Rodgers has undergone twenty-one neck and back surgeries and has suffered chronic pain, which his physicians have treated with numerous narcotic pain medications. In 1997, Rodgers began experiencing gastrointestinal problems caused by the narcotic pain medications. The Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division (Division) paid Rodgers' claims relating to his gastrointestinal...

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