Court Opinion

ID: 9845698
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:26:28.681712+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:18.707963
License: Public Domain

ZIMMERMAN, Justice
(dissenting):
I dissent from the disposition made by the majority. As a matter of equity, if I felt free to substitute my judgment for that of the administrative law judge or the Utah Industrial Commission, I probably would also find a way to conclude that Heaton was entitled to total disability payments from 1981 on. That, however, is not my role nor this court’s role.
For the reasons stated in the court of appeals’ opinion, I conclude that there is sufficient evidence to support the factual conclusion reached by the commission. If the Second Injury Fund had properly raised the question by filing a cross-petition for certiorari, I would be inclined to agree with Judge Bench as to the date of total disability. However, that issue appears not to be properly before us.