Quast v. Utah Labor Comm'n

Associate Chief Justice Lee filed a dissenting opinion.

Having recused himself, Justice Pearce did not participate herein; District Court Judge Kara Pettit sat.

Justice Himonas, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 After a slip and fall at work, Rashell Quast petitioned the Utah Labor Commission for an award of permanent total disability compensation against her former employer, the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Hospital (Huntsman). Reversing the order of an administrative law judge (ALJ), the Labor Commission concluded that Ms. Quast had failed to make out a permanent total disability…