Legal Opinion

Markus v. Industrial Commission

Utah Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1956No. 8512PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENRIOD, Justice.

Review of an Industrial Commission award (under Title 35-1-66, Utah Code Annotated 1953) o.f 50 weeks compensation for a back injury sustained by petitioner while carrying rails for Kennecott Copper Co. Affirmed. No costs awarded.

The injured petitioner urges that the award 1) was unsupported by the evidence, 2) was inadequate and inequitable and 3) was based on an erroneous interpretation and application of the section above mentioned.

The section in question enumerates the number of weeks compensation to which an injured employee specifically is entitled in some 35 various…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Silver King Coalition Mines Co. v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Broderick v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1924

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wilstead v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Shipley v. C & W CONTRACTING COMPANYUtah Supreme Court · 1974

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