Title: Fallis v. Louisiana Pacific Corp.

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

Fallis v. Louisiana Pacific Corp.1988 WY 134763 P.2d 1267Case Number: 88-222Decided: 11/08/1988Supreme Court of Wyoming
LARRY L. FALLIS, 
APPELLANT (EMPLOYEE-CLAIMANT),

v.

LOUISIANA PACIFIC 
CORPORATION, APPELLEE (EMPLOYER-RESPONDENT).

Appeal from the District 
Court, FremontCounty, Elizabeth A. Kail, 
J.

Sky D. Phifer, 
Lander, for 
appellant.

Richard I. Leedy 
of Hettinger, Leedy & Vincent, Riverton, for appellee.

Before CARDINE, C.J., and THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY 
and GOLDEN, JJ.

PER 
CURIAM.

[¶1.]     This appeal arises out 
of a worker's compensation case. Judgment was entered on June 29, 1988, and a 
Notice of Appeal was filed timely on July 14, 1988. Under W.R.A.P. 3.02, the 
record on appeal must be filed within forty days from the date of filing the 
notice of appeal. Under this rule, the record on appeal was due on or before 
September 2, 1988. The record on appeal was filed on August 19, 1988, and 
counsel were notified of the docketing of the case on that date. W.R.A.P. 5.06 
provides that appellant's brief in a worker's compensation case is due fifteen 
days after the filing of the record on appeal in this court. Under this rule, 
appellant's brief was due on or before September 5, 1988. In violation of this 
rule, appellant's brief was not filed until September 19, 
1988.

[¶2.]     W.R.A.P. 1.02 provides 
that failure to comply with the rules of appellate procedure is grounds for such 
action as the reviewing court deems appropriate. Under the circumstances here, 
we shall dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. W.R.A.P. 5.11; and Wiens v. 
American Motors Corporation, 717 P.2d 322, 323 (Wyo. 1986). Appellant may make application to 
the court for reinstatement in accordance with W.R.A.P. 
15.

[¶3.]     We also note that 
appellee's brief was filed on October 13, 1988, twenty-four days after the 
filing of appellant's brief. Appellee's brief in a worker's compensation case is 
due within fifteen days after the filing of appellant's brief. W.R.A.P. 5.06. We 
note this failure because W.R.A.P. 5.11 also provides that appellee may not be 
heard should appellant make the showing necessary for reinstatement. Nuspl v. 
Nuspl, 717 P.2d 341, 342 (Wyo. 1986).