INJURED WORKERS ASS'N OF UTAH v. STATE

No. 20140372.

374 P.3d 14 (2016)

2016 UT 21

INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF UTAH, et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginius Dabney , St. George, for appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., Stanford E. Purser , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Justice DURHAM authored the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice DURRANT and Justice HIMONAS joined. Associate Chief Justice LEE filed an opinion concurring in part. Justice JOHN A. PEARCE became a member of the Court on December 17, 2015, after oral argument in this matter, and accordingly did not participate.


INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In Utah, attorneys representing injured workers in workers' compensation claims receive their fees out of the compensation awarded to the worker. By statute, the legislature delegated the authority to regulate these fees to the Utah Labor Commission. UTAH CODE § 34A-1-309...

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