[DOWNLOAD] "Seckman v. Wyo-Ben" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Seckman v. Wyo-Ben
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 27, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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The primary issue in this case focuses upon the statutory requirement for filing a claim for workers compensation benefits within one year of the injury and is concerned with the jurisdictional nature of that statutory requirement. James Michael Seckman (Seckman) questions whether the trial court, on its own motion, could raise that statute as a bar to a claim for benefits for total temporary disability and contends that the requirement was waived by the Wyoming Workers Compensation Division. Another issue is presented concerning the ruling by the district court that the loss of use of a prosthetic device, necessitated by the amputation of Seckmans left arm just below the elbow, could only lead to an award on the basis of a vocational disability because Seckman failed to establish a disability that could be rated according to statute. Still another issue concerns Seckmans assertion that he is entitled to the replacement of his unusable prosthetic arm by an improved model. We discern no error by the trial court in this case, and its order denying the several claims is affirmed.