Heaton v. Second Injury Fund

STEWART, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review a decision of the court of appeals which affirmed a decision of the Industrial Commission. Heaton v. Second Injury Fund, 758 P.2d 957 (Utah Ct.App.1988). We reverse in part and affirm in part.

On October 6, 1975, the petitioner, Sharon L. Heaton, a thirty-nine-year-old male, was injured when he fell while carrying two one-hundred-pound sacks of drilling mud in the course of his employment with Boyles Brothers Drilling Co. Heaton’s injury was diagnosed as severe cervical strain, causing pain in his head, neck, back, and arms. In…