SALAS v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 14493.

564 P.2d 1119 (1977)

Willie M. SALAS, Plaintiff, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Utah, Eaton Metal Products Company and the State Insurance Fund, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Shepard, Ogden, for appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Robert D. Moore and James R. Black, of Rawlings, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HALL, Justice.

This is a proceeding to review an order of the Industrial Commission denying a fifteen percent increase in industrial compensation to plaintiff. He was employed by defendant, Eaton Metal Products Company, and rendered a paraplegic when struck by the boom of a crane which slipped from a support.

Plaintiff seeks a reversal of the ruling and urges he is entitled to the increase as a matter of law pursuant to Sec. 35-1-12, U.C.A. 1953, or in the...

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