Legal Opinion
Waite v. Utah Labor Comm'n
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 2017No. Case No. 20150384PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Durrant Introduction
¶ 1 Here we address the constitutionality of Utah Code section 34A-2-417(2)(a)(ii), a provision of the Workers' Compensation Act (WCA) that limits the time an injured worker has to prove a claim. The section provides that an employee claiming compensation for a workplace injury must be "able to meet the employee's burden of proving that the employee is due the compensation claimed" within "12 years from the date of the accident." If the employee cannot, the claim is barred. Petitioners are two workers who were injured as a result of a workplace accident and filed claims to receive permanent…
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