Benefits For Mental Injury Prohibited if not Caused by Physical Injury

A firefighter whose mental health deteriorated after two coworkers were killed in an explosion is not entitled to benefits for treatment because those conditions were not caused by a compensable physical injury, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled.Case: In the matter of the Workers' Compensation Claim of Abe S. Wheeler v. State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, 2010 WY 161, published, 12/10/2010.Facts: Abe Wheeler developed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) after two of his fellow volunteer firefighters died in a...