Blaine v. Industrial Com'n of Utah

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff Karen L. Blaine seeks review of an order of the Industrial Commission denying her compensation benefits on the ground that her medical treatment subsequent to April 1982 was not reasonably related to her industrial injury.

In October 1979, while working as a truck driver for Panelera Corporation, Blaine was accidentally struck in the head by a truck door. Thereafter, she suffered severe headaches, pain in her neck, shoulders, and back, and blurred vision. She was diagnosed as suffering from a mild concussion and a cervical strain, and various pain relievers were…