Carlucci v. Utah State Industrial Commission

STEWART, Justice:

In 1984, the Utah Legislature created the Default Indemnity Fund to pay workers, or their dependents, workmen’s compensation benefits when their employers are unable to pay. U.C.A., 1953, § 35-1-107(1) (Repl. Vol. 4B, 1974 ed., Supp.1985), 1 which became effective March 29, 1984, states that the Fund is

for the purpose of paying and assuring, to persons entitled to, workers’ compensation benefits when an employer becomes insolvent, appoints or has appointed a receiver, or otherwise does not have sufficient funds, insurance, sureties, or other security to cover workers’…