WASATCH ELECTRIC DYNALECTRIC v. LABOR COM'N

No. 20190398-CA.

460 P.3d 1049 (2020)

2020 UT App 20

WASATCH ELECTRIC DYNALECTRIC COMPANY and American Casualty Company of Reading, PA, Petitioners, v. LABOR COMMISSION and Wendell Benward, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed February 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad J. Miller , and Trent D. Holgate , Attorneys for Petitioners.

Gary E. Atkin , and K. Dawn Atkin , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Respondent Wendell Benward.

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges David N. Mortensen and Diana Hagen concurred.


Opinion

¶1 Wendell Benward was electrocuted while maintaining electrical power lines. He survived, but his injuries were so severe that doctors found it necessary to amputate both of his feet. Because of his injuries, Benward qualified for and received workers' compensation benefits. Despite his injuries, however, Benward...

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