Intermountain Health Care, Inc. v. Ortega

CROCKETT, Justice:

Intermountain Health Care, Inc. appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to Mary Jean Ortega for disability resulting from straining her back while lifting laundry bags in plaintiff’s LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Plaintiff contends: (1) that the Commission erred in refusing to allocate a portion of the award to a prior existing disability as provided for in Sec. 35-1-69, U.C.A.1953; (2) that “claimant is not entitled to temporary total disability payments during medical treatment”; and (3) that a definite limit should be set on the amount…