James Lancaster v. Gilbert Development

The claimant, James Lancaster, seeks review of the denial of workers compensation benefits by the State Industrial Commission for injuries from a heart attack that occurred while he was clearing snow with a backhoe at Brian Head Ski Resort. We examine the evidence on this writ of review to determine if the claimants heart attack is the result of an injury "by accident arising out of or in the course of his employment." U.C.A., 1953, 35-1-45 (Supp. 1986). We recently established the analytical framework for internal injury cases such as this in Allen v. Industrial Commission, 729 P.2d 15 (Utah 1986). Using the analysis in Allen, we affirm the decision of the Industrial Commission.