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Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-101 (2026)

Short title; statement of intent.

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(a) This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Worker's
Compensation Act".

     (b) It is the intent of the legislature in creating the
Wyoming worker's compensation division that the laws
administered by it to provide a worker's benefit system be
interpreted to assure the quick and efficient delivery of
indemnity and medical benefits to injured and disabled workers
at a reasonable cost to the employers who are subject to the
Worker's Compensation Act. It is the specific intent of the
legislature that benefit claims cases be decided on their merits
and that the common law rule of "liberal construction" based on
the supposed "remedial" basis of workers' benefits legislation
shall not apply in these cases. The worker's benefit system in
Wyoming is based on a mutual renunciation of common law rights
and defenses by employers and employees alike. Accordingly, the
legislature declares that the Worker's Compensation Act is not
remedial in any sense and is not to be given a broad liberal
construction in favor of any party.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 85 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: In Re Worker's Comp. Claim of Shryack, 3 P.3d 850 (Wyo. 2000).
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In Re Worker's Comp. Claim of Shryack, 3 P.3d 850 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 8× “In addition, an issue of unconstitutionality of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (Lexis 1999) is asserted, which is foreclosed in a judicial review of a decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings.”
Stratman v. Admiral Beverage Corp., 760 P.2d 974 (Wyo. 1988). · cites it 4× “Under the new act, the Division is directed to establish employment classifications based on the varying hazards of different employments and the claim experience of specific employers, and to set premium rates for the various classifications accordingly.”
Cook v. Shoshone First Bank, 2006 WY 13 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 2× “Proefrock’s death by virtue of the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation statutes, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 et seq. (LexisNexis 2005).”
Tyler L. Stallman v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2013 WY 28 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 4× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (b) (LexisNexis 2005); Vaughan, ¶¶ 35-36, 53 P.”
Merrill v. Jansma, 86 P.3d 270 (Wyo. 2004). · cites it 2× “§ 6-1-102 of the Wyoming Criminal Code (abolishing common law crimes), Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (b) of the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act (providing the common law rule of liberal construction does not apply) and Wyo.”
Harbel v. Wintermute, 883 P.2d 359 (Wyo. 1994). · cites it 4× “The Wyoming *363 Worker's Compensation Act, Wyo.Stat. §§ 27-14-101 through XX-XX-XXX (1991 & Cum.”
Air Methods/Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC v. State ex rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div., 432 P.3d 476 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 4× “, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (b) (expressing legislative intent to provide workers' compensation at reasonable cost to employers); Wyo.”
Eaglemed LLC v. Cox, 868 F.3d 893 (10th Cir. 2017). “We note that, although the state statute places the possessive apostrophe between the “r” and the "s” in "worker’s,” see Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (a), the Department of Workforce Services' Workers’ Compensation Division uses the plural form of "workers’ compensation” both in…”
Hays v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 768 P.2d 11 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 4× “[2] Chapter 12 of Title 27 (Worker's Compensation, §§ 27-12-101 to -805) was repealed in 1986 and recreated as current Chapter 14 (Wyo. Stat. §§ 27-14-101 to -804 (1977)) effective July 1, 1987.”
Ball v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2010 WY 128 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 2× “The Division's proposed bright line rule, that a hernia must occur in the workplace and be the original work injury, disregards the merits of an actual causal relationship between a hernia injury and the employee's work and thus achieves a result opposite of that intended by the…”
Loredo Ex Rel. Loredo v. Solvay Am., Inc., 2009 WY 93 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “Solvay Chemicals was, of course, immune from suit under Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-14-101 and 27-14-404 (LexisNexis 2009).”
Bonsell v. State Ex Rel., Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Divison, 2006 WY 114 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 2× “Bonsell applied for PPD benefits under the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-14-101 , et. seq. (LexisNexis 2005).”
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Casper Oil Co. v. Evenson, 888 P.2d 221 (Wyo. 1995).
Wright v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 952 P.2d 209 (Wyo. 1998).
Tyler L. Stallman v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2013 WY 28 (Wyo. 2013). “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-101 (b) (LexisNexis 2005); Vaughan, ¶¶ 35-36, 53 P.”
Bailey v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2010 WY 152 (Wyo. 2010).
Newton v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 922 P.2d 863 (Wyo. 1996).
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