No Payment for Comp Attorney Hired by Manager Without Authority of Company

The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a workers’ compensation defense attorney was not entitled to payment for his services to an employer because the manager who hired him did not have the authority to do so. Case: Sumsion v. Bay Harbor Farm, No. 20170066-CA, 06/14/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: In 1994, Donald Proctor teamed up with Stan Weed to form Bay Harbor Farm, a Utah limited liability company. Weed and Proctor each held a 45% interest in Bay Harbor, and two others held the remaining 10% interest. Bay Harbor began as a member-managed company, but in 1...