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The Supreme Court of Wyoming held that a claimant’s late filing of his claim was excused under the circumstances of the case and both the employer and the Division of Workers’ Compensation were barred from utilizing the statute of limitations defense where their separate actions lulled the claimant into believing he did not have to file his claim within the required time frame. Noting that the doctrine of equitable estoppel applied in workers’ compensation cases, the Court stressed that its holding did not eliminate the application of the statute of limitations; it merely prevented the employer and the Division from using it as a defense.
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See Sweeralla v. State ex rel. Dep’t of Workforce Servs., Workers’ Compensation Div., 2019 WY 91 (Sept. 6, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 126.09.
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