Stoker v. WORKERS'COMP. FUND OF UTAH

STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

Kyle Stoker filed a complaint in the district court seeking a ruling that Utah Code Ann. § 35-1-65(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”) is unconstitutional under Article I, Section 11 of the Utah Constitution insofar as it provides that no temporary total disability benefits may be paid after eight years from the time of an injury-causing accident. The district court held the provision constitutional, and Stoker appeals.

Stoker injured his lower back on October 13, 1982, and again on November 15, 1982, while working for 'a construction company as a…