WROLSTAD v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF UTAH

No. 890052-CA.

786 P.2d 243 (1990)

Orville K. WROLSTAD, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH, Interstate Electric Company and/or Home Insurance/Home Indemnity, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

January 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Downes, Jr., Salt Lake City, for petitioner.

Theodore E. Kanell, Salt Lake City, for respondents.

Before BENCH and GREENWOOD, JJ., and BULLOCK, Senior District Judge.


J. ROBERT BULLOCK, Senior District Judge:

Orville Wrolstad has petitioned for judicial review of the denial of his claim for occupational disease disability benefits, challenging the constitutionality of the applicable statute of repose. We reverse on the basis of the open courts provision of the Utah Constitution.

Wrolstad was employed as an electrician by Interstate Electric Company ("Interstate"), a Utah firm, for about two years until 1977. Ten years later...

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