Gagos v. Industrial Commission of Utah

MOFFAT, Justice.

This case comes from the Industrial Commission of Utah upon an application for a writ of review, arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Comp. Laws 1917, § 3061 et seq., as amended). George Gagos was an employee of the Utah Fuel Company, working at Castle Gate, Utah.

Applicant, George Gagos, claims that he was injured by accident arising out of or in the course of his employment by a strain resulting in the development of a right inguinal hernia.

The defendant Utah Fuel Company, a selfinsurer, claims the hernia was not the result of an accidental injury.

The Commission…