Substantial Evidence Supports Board's Medical Causation Determination

The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to surgery for a lumbar spine condition. Case: Brinks Global Services v. Labor Commission, No. 20240823-CA, 12/26/2025, published. Facts: James Beaty worked for Brinks Global Services as a truck driver. One day in March 2020, he was asleep in the cabin of the truck while his co-driver was driving when the truck was involved in an accident. The impact threw Beaty to the back of the cabin and then forward, causing him to land on the floor. A magnetic resonance imaging scan taken a week after the accident showed signs of a lumbar spin...