Jensen v. United States Fuel Company

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, William C. Jensen, seeks reversal of an order of the Industrial Commission denying his application for workmen’s compensation benefits for an injury he claims to have suffered while working in the mine of defendant United States Fuel Company at Hiawatha, Utah, on July 27, 1964.

In regard to the plaintiff’s contention that the evidence compels an award it is appropriate to note that there are two propositions essential as a predicate to his recovery: (1) that he suffered the claimed accident arising out of or in the course of his employment; and (2) that it…