Title 34A Chapter 2 Part 1 Section 105
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Index | Utah Code |
Title 34A | Utah Labor Code |
Chapter 2 | Workers' Compensation Act |
Part 1 | General Provisions |
Section 105 | Exclusive remedy against employer, and officer, agent, or employee of employer. |
34A-2-105.
Exclusive remedy against employer, and officer, agent, or employee of employer.
Amended by Chapter 318, 2008 General Session
(1) | The right to recover compensation pursuant to this chapter for injuries sustained by an employee, whether resulting in death or not, is the exclusive remedy against the employer and is the exclusive remedy against any officer, agent, or employee of the employer and the liabilities of the employer imposed by this chapter is in place of any and all other civil liability whatsoever, at common law or otherwise, to the employee or to the employee's spouse, widow, children, parents, dependents, next of kin, heirs, personal representatives, guardian, or any other person whomsoever, on account of any accident or injury or death, in any way contracted, sustained, aggravated, or incurred by the employee in the course of or because of or arising out of the employee's employment, and an action at law may not be maintained against an employer or against any officer, agent, or employee of the employer based upon any accident, injury, or death of an employee. Nothing in this section prevents an employee, or the employee's dependents, from filing a claim for compensation in those cases in accordance with Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. |
(2) | The exclusive remedy provisions of this section apply to both the client and the professional employer organization in a coemployment relationship regulated under Title 31A, Chapter 40, Professional Employer Organization Licensing Act. |
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Amended by Chapter 318, 2008 General Session
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