Quast v. Labor Commission

Memorandum Decision

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

¶1 Rashell Quast seeks judicial review of the Labor Commission's denial of her claim for permanent total disability compensation. We set aside the Commission's decision.

~ T2 Quast was injured in 2007 while working at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Hospital when ske slipped and fell on a wet floor. At the time of the accident, she had a preexisting back injury and other medical conditions. The accident permanently aggravated her preexisting back injury, and she underwent spine surgery in 2008 and in 2010. Quast has not worked since shortly after…