Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-505 (2026)

Tolling of statute of limitations while persons

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under disability.

If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or a minor, or
where death results from the injury and any of his dependents
are mentally incompetent or minors, at the time when any right
or privilege accrues under this act, no limitation of time
provided for in this act shall run so long as the mentally
incompetent or minor has no guardian.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1990–2005 · leading case: In Re Collicott, 2001 WY 35 (Wyo. 2001).

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In Re Collicott, 2001 WY 35 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 13× “Collicott failed to prove the statute of limitations for filing a claim for worker's compensation benefits pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-505 (LEXIS 1999) should be tolled due to mental incompetence.”

Collicott v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 20 P.3d 1077 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 8× “§ 27-14-505 (1986) was unsupported by substantial evidence and arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion.”

State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div. v. Halstead, 795 P.2d 760 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 5× “W.S. 27-14-505 (emphasis added). We interpret the clause “at the time when any right or privilege accrues under this act” in W.”

Torres v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers'Saf. & Comp. Div., 2005 WY 7 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 2× “W.S. § 27-14-505. The form shall contain a statement in boldface type that the report is not a claim for benefits.”

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