Kennecott Corp. v. Industrial Com'n of Utah

STEWART, Justice:

Rose K. Georgas, the claimant below and a defendant on appeal, brought this workmen’s compensation action against the plaintiff on appeal, Kennecott Corporation, to recover benefits for the death of her husband, Alex Georgas. An administrative law judge granted recovery, and the Industrial Commission denied review. The case presents the question of whether U.C.A., 1953, § 35-1-45, covers an employee’s “idiopathic fall” on the employer’s premises during lunch hour.

The administrative law judge found the following facts. Mr. Georgas worked as a tripper operator at the Kennecott…