Carbon County v. Workforce Appeals Board

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

T1 This case concerns the award of unemployment benefits to an emergency medical technician (EMT) formerly employed by Carbon County. Carbon County appealed the decision of the Workforce Board of Appeals (Board) to the Utah Court of Appeals. The court of appeals affirmed. It explained that the Board failed to make certain critical factual findings, and that facts in the record, even if uncontested, could not form the basis for legal arguments on appeal absent such findings. We hold that the court of appeals erred in declining to…