State, ex rel., Dep’t of Workforce Servs. v. Hartmann
Annotate this CaseDavid Hartmann was injured during the course of his employment. After receiving surgery for his injury, Hartmann began experiencing dizzy spells. The Wyoming Workers’ Safety Compensation Division denied payment for the treatment Hartmann received for the dizziness. The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) found that Hartmann failed to prove a causal link between his dizzy spells and his work injury. The district court reversed, concluding that the OAH failed to apply the second compensable injury rule. The Division appealed. The Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s order to the extent it held the OAH failed to apply the second compensable injury rule but reversed the order remanding the case to the OAH for reconsideration, holding (1) the district court’s ruling was not an appealable order, but it is in the interest of judicial economy to treat the notice of appeal as a petition for review; (2) the OAH failed to invoke and apply the applicable law; and (3) when the applicable law is applied, the OAH decision to reject Hartmann’s evidence is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.
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