Action Electric Co. v. Industrial Commission

OAKS, Justice:

This case seems to have two of everything except briefs. A brief has been filed by the employer, Action Electric, but this Court has not been favored with a brief from the Industrial Commission. The employer seeks to set aside a Commission order holding it liable for an employee’s compensation claim of $1,953.49, plus a statutory penalty of $293.02. At issue is the effect of two different sets of statutes that have been confused and intertwined in a tangle this Court must attempt to unsnarl. All statutory references are to Title 34, Utah Code Annotated, 1953.

Chapter 28, enacted…