High Court Denies Additional Treatment, Benefits for Injured Field Engineer

The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of additional treatment and benefits to a field engineer for her left foot and ankle complaints. Case: Zheng v. Wyoming, No. S-23-0277, 07/19/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: Ming Zheng worked for Halliburton Energy Services as a drilling field engineer. In May 2019, she was attempting to use a pipe wrench to disassemble a tool string by stomping on the wrench with her foot. When this didn’t work, her supervisor told her to jump on the wrench with both feet. Zheng complied, but her body weight was insufficient to force th...