Chadwick v. Industrial Commission

CROCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiff L. Dale Chadwick seeks review of an order of the defendant Industrial Commission denying him compensation under the “Utah Occupational Disease Disability Law”1 for an eye infection which he asserts was contracted within the course of his employment as a nurse with the defendant McKay-Dee Hospital.

On November 11, 1975, while working in the emergency room of the hospital, the plaintiff treated one Ronald Fielding who complained of an eye irritation. After deadening and washing the eye, the plaintiff reported the problem to a Dr. McEntire who removed two metal…