The Utah Court of Appeals upheld a decision by an administrative law judge to appoint successive medical panels in a worker’s claim, as well as the finding that the worker reasonably refused a light-duty work offer.
Case: Graphic Packing International v. Labor Commission, No. 20200210-CA, 07/22/2021, published.
Facts and procedural history: Jose Torres worked for Graphic Packaging International Inc. as a printing press operator. On Sept. 16, 2011, Torres was calibrating the press when he slipped on some hydraulic oil on the floor.
Torres lost his balance and twisted his body in an att...
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