Vigos v. Mountainland Builders, Inc.

STEWART, Justice:

¶ 1 This case is here on a writ of certiora-ri to the Utah Court of Appeals. At issue is the effect of the six-year limitations period in Utah Code Ann. § 35-1-99(3) (1988)1 of the *208Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”) that governs claims for permanent total disability, and Utah Code Ann. § 35-1-78 that provides for continuing jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission. An administrative law judge dismissed petitioner J. David Vigos’ request for permanent total disability benefits because the request was filed more than six years after the industrial accident that initially gave…