Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Respiratory Injury

The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of a hotel maintenance worker’s claim for permanent partial impairment benefits for his breathing difficulties after he was exposed to chlorine powder and gas. Case: Matter of the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Howe v. State ex rel. Department of Workforce Services, No. S-17-0008, 09/18/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Dennis Howe had worked as a maintenance man for the Best Western Lander Inn in Lander, Wyoming.  While he was filling the chlorinator tubes for the hotel’s pool and hot tub in June 2011, one of t...