Court Opinion

ID: 9790536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:54:36.99853+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:30.054612
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HALL, Chief Justice:
(dissenting).
For the reasons stated in my dissent in Allen v. Industrial Commission, 729 P.2d 15, 28-29 (Utah 1986), I do not join the Court in applying an “unexpected result” standard to determine whether an accident occurred.
In denying compensation, the Commission specifically found:
The testimony offered at the time of the Hearing indicates that, although some stress occurred in getting to the work site, the incident precipitating the injuries was the everyday action of getting into a suit of heavy and unwieldy coveralls. No accident occurred during the periods of exertion immediately prior to the precipitating event.
The facts of this case clearly support the foregoing findings of fact and the conclusion to be drawn therefrom that no accident occurred.
I would affirm the order of the Commission.
STEWART, J., concurs in the dissenting opinion of HALL, C.J.