Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Labor Commission
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided March 7, 2002No. 20000162-CAPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVIS, Judge.
1 1 Petitioner Linda Acosta seeks review of a Labor Commission order reversing an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) order awarding her workers' compensation benefits. The Commission ruled that because Acosta has a preexisting condition that contributed to her injury, she was subject to the legal causation test enunciated in Allen v. Industrial Commission, 729 P.2d 15 (Utah 1986), and that she did not meet the Allen test. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
12 Acosta was injured on December 20, 1998, while employed as a licensed practical nurse at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. Acosta…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Morton International, Inc. v. Auditing Division of the Utah State Tax CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1991
- Allen v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1986
- Esquivel v. Labor Com'n of UtahUtah Supreme Court · 2000
- Pledger v. GillespieUtah Supreme Court · 1999
- Nyrehn v. Industrial Com'n of UtahCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1990
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