Murray v. Utah Labor Commission

Chief Justice DURRANT,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

{1 We granted certiorari in this case to determine two questions. First, we must decide whether the court of appeals erred in reviewing a Labor Commission decision, which applied law to fact, for an "abuse of discretion" rather than as a mixed question of law and fact, Second, we must decide whether the court of appeals erred in ruling that an employee who injured his back when a small wave unexpectedly rocked his boat failed to establish that it was his act of steadying himself, rather than a preexisting back condition, that was the…