Strate v. Labor Commission

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Associate Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Stephen E. Strate, administrator of the estate of Walther Strate (Petitioner), appeals the Utah Labor Commission’s (the Commission) denial of an injured worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits. 1 On appeal, Petitioner first claims that the findings of the Commission were inadequate and thus arbitrary and capricious as a matter of law. He also argues that Respondents were barred by res judicata from raising the issue of legal causation. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In 1978, Petitioner suffered a compen-sable industrial injury when he…