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Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-406 (2026)

Permanent total disability; benefits.

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(a) Subject to W.S. 27-14-602, upon certification by a
physician licensed to practice surgery or medicine that an
injury results in permanent total disability as defined under
W.S. 27-14-102(a)(xvi), an injured employee shall receive for
eighty (80) months a monthly payment as provided by W.S.
27-14-403(c) and dependent children shall receive an award as
provided by W.S. 27-14-403(b). The eighty (80) month period
shall be reduced by the number of months for which previous
awards under W.S. 27-14-405 were made for the injury that
resulted in the determination of permanent total disability,
with the injured worker receiving the monthly amount calculated
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) for the balance of the eighty (80)
month period. The monthly payment amount computed under W.S.
27-14-403(c) and any amount awarded under W.S. 27-14-408 shall
constitute the exclusive benefit for both the physical
impairment and the economic loss resulting from an injury,
including loss of earnings, extra expenses associated with the
injury and vocational rehabilitation. An employee shall not
receive benefits under this section if receiving benefits under
W.S. 27-14-404 or 27-14-405.
     (b) This section specifies the length of time amounts
computed pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) are to be awarded and
except for amounts awarded under W.S. 27-14-408, shall not be
construed to allow awards in excess of the amounts computed
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c).

     (c) Any objection to a final determination pursuant to
this section shall be referred to the medical commission for
hearing by a medical hearing panel acting as hearing examiner
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-616.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1991–2023 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Workers Saf. Div. v. Singer, 2011 WY 57 (Wyo. 2011).
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State Ex Rel. Workers Saf. Div. v. Singer, 2011 WY 57 (Wyo. 2011). · cites it 21× “XX-XX-XXX, upon certification by a physician licensed to practice surgery or medicine that an injury results in permanent total disability as defined under W.S. XX-XX-XXX(a)(xvi), an injured employee shall receive for eighty (80) months a monthly payment as provided by W.”
Tyler L. Stallman v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2013 WY 28 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 7× “[125] The Commission hearing panel, acting as a hearing examiner pursuant to *89 Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-406 (c) (LexisNexis 2005), issued its final order on August 15, 2011.”
Phillips v. TIC—The Indus. Co. of Wyoming, 109 P.3d 520 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 5× “27-14-406, which permanently incapacitates the employee from performing work at any gainful occupation for which he is reasonably suited by experience or training]]]” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-102 (a)(xvi). In that regard, Wyo.”
Workers' Comp. Claim of Moss v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 232 P.3d 1 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 3× “[¶ 13] The applicable Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Act provision defined the term “permanent total disability” as “the loss of use of the body as a whole or any permanent injury certified under W.S. 27-14-406, which 'permanently incapacitates the employee from performing work…”
Hart by & through Hart v. State ex rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div., 442 P.3d 653 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 3× “There is also no dispute Mr. Hart continued to seek medical treatment for his back pain up to the point he was taken via ambulance from Solvay to the emergency room for slurred speech and a swollen tongue in July 2013.”
Cordova v. Holly Sugar Corp., 882 P.2d 880 (Wyo. 1994). · cites it 3× “§ 27-14-406 (1991). Given the use of the word "award" in WYO.”
Nielsen v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 806 P.2d 297 (Wyo. 1991). · cites it 2× “Whether appellant is entitled to collect permanent total disability benefits pursuant to W.S. § 27-14-406 (1986) or under W.S. § 27-85 (1963).”
Nagle v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 190 P.3d 159 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 4× “1" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-406 (Lexis-Nexis 2007) provides: (a) Subject to W.”
In Re Nagle, 2008 WY 99 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “]" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-406 (Lexis-Nexis 2007) provides: (a) Subject to W.”
Vaughan v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 2002 WY 131 (Wyo. 2002). “[¶12] In § 27-14-102(a)(xvi) (Lexis 1999) there appears a definition of permanent total disability, which reads as follows: (a) "Permanent total disability" means the loss of use of the body as a whole or any permanent injury certified under W.S. 27-14-406, which permanently…”
State ex rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs. v. Hall (In re Hall), 414 P.3d 622 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 27-14-405 (permanent partial disability awarded where employee, because of the injury , is unable to return to employment); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-406 (benefits awarded where injury results in permanent total disability); Wyo.”
Worker's Comp. Claim of McMasters v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 271 P.3d 422 (Wyo. 2012). “The Odd Lot Doctrine [161] The Wyoming Workers' Compensation Act defines the term "permanent total disability" as "the loss of use of the body as a whole or any permanent injury certified under W.S. 27-14-406, which permanently incapacitates the employee from performing work at…”
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— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-406(a) — 2 cases
Tyler L. Stallman v. State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2013 WY 28 (Wyo. 2013). “[125] The Commission hearing panel, acting as a hearing examiner pursuant to *89 Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-406 (c) (LexisNexis 2005), issued its final order on August 15, 2011.”
James D. Gray v. State of Wyoming, Ex Rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div., 2023 WY 123 (Wyo. 2023).
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