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INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC. v. ORTEGA

No. 14690.

562 P.2d 617 (1977)

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC., a Utah Corporation, dba LDS Hospital, Plaintiff, v. Mary Jean ORTEGA and Industrial Commission of Utah, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Rust and David A. Westerby of Kirton, McConkie, Boyer & Boyle, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Robert W. Brandt, Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Frank V. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendants.

CROCKETT, Justice:

Intermountain Health Care, Inc. appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to Mary Jean Ortega for disability resulting from straining her back while lifting laundry bags in plaintiff's LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Plaintiff contends: (1) that the Commission erred in refusing to allocate a portion of the award to a prior existing disability as provided for in Sec. 35-1-69, U.C.A. 1953; (2) that "claimant is not entitled...

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