LEAVITT v. STATE

No. S-12-0234.

307 P.3d 835 (2013)

2013 WY 95

In The Matter of the Worker's Compensation Claim of: Kristi LEAVITT, Appellant (Petitioner), v. STATE of Wyoming ex rel. WYOMING WORKERS' SAFETY AND COMPENSATION DIVISION, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Robert A. Nicholas , Nicholas Law Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; Michael Finn , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jackson M. Engels , Assistant Attorney General.

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


DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant Kristi Leavitt experienced lower back pain after shoveling snow just before Christmas of 2009. She filed a claim for benefits with the Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, contending that her pain was causally related to a compensable back injury she had suffered in 1996. The Division denied the claim, and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upheld that decision after...

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