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SHAW v. LAYTON CONST. CO., INC.

No. 930475-CA.

872 P.2d 1059 (1994)

Kenny Jim SHAW, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAYTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a Utah corporation; STEEL DECK ERECTORS, INC., a Utah corporation; and John Does A to Z, Defendants and Appellees. LAYTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Third-party Plaintiff, v. BILT-RITE CONCRETE, INC., a Nevada corporation; I. Christensen, Inc., a Nevada corporation or partnership; Harv & Higham Masonry, a Utah corporation; and Tech Steel, a Utah corporation; Third-party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

April 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Wall, Cory R. Wall (argued), Wall & Wall, a.p.c., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Lee C. Henning (argued), David C. Richards, Christensen, Jensen & Powell, Salt Lake City, for appellee Layton Const.

Ford G. Scalley, Steven B. Smith (argued), Scalley & Reading, Salt Lake City, for appellee Deck Erectors.

Before ORME, Associate P.J., and GREENWOOD and JACKSON, JJ.

OPINION

ORME, Associate Presiding Judge:

Plaintiff Kenny Jim Shaw appeals the trial court's order dismissing his negligence action against defendants Layton Construction Company and Steel Deck Erectors, Inc. Shaw claims the trial court erred in applying Nevada workers' compensation law, which precludes his negligence action, rather than Utah law, which permits it. We reverse the trial court's order and remand the...

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