Smith v. American Express Travel-Related Services

ORDER SUPPLEMENTING DECISION ANNOUNCED FROM THE BENCH

ALDON J. ANDERSON, Senior District Judge.

The above captioned case is now before the court on Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. The court heard oral ar*1063guments and ruled at a hearing on June 7, 1991. The court believes a written explanation of its bench ruling will be useful and so files this memorandum opinion.

BACKGROUND

This case revolves around the Utah state workers’ compensation program. The court feels that a brief outline of that scheme is useful for placing the current dispute in context. Based on the representations of counsel…