Buxton v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF UTAH

CROCKETT, Justice:

This is a proceeding for review of defendant’s denial of plaintiff’s application for permanent total disability benefits to be paid out of the “Special Fund” established pursuant to Section 35-1-68(1) of the Utah Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Plaintiff sustained low back injury when she slipped in a casual accumulation of water and fell while in the course of her employment with Albertson’s Food Centers on February 16, 1966. She was then 35 years old. The injury was treated by surgical fusion of the lumbosacral joint later that year. Plaintiff had extensive bone structure…