Utah Code

Utah Code § 34A-3-103 (2026)

Occupational diseases

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For purposes of this chapter, a compensable occupational disease means any disease or illness that arises out of and in the course of employment and is medically caused or aggravated by that employment.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2017–2024 · leading case: Rueda v. Utah Labor Comm'n, 2017 UT 58 (Utah 2017).

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Rueda v. Utah Labor Comm'n, 2017 UT 58 (Utah 2017). · cites it 21× “10 Justice Himonas phrases the harms covered by the WCA as alternatively "injuries by accident," "workplace accidents," or simply "accidents.”

Stevenson v. Labor Comm'n, 2021 UT App 101 (Utah Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “§ 34A-3-103. By defining “occupational disease” to include “any disease or illness,” the Act does not limit coverage to those employees who have received a definitive diagnosis identifying “a named disease.”

Darden Restaurant v. Labor Comm'n, 2024 UT App 153 (Utah Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “See Utah Code § 34A-3-103. As explained by this court in Stevenson v.”

McKenney, Richard the Est. of v. United States (D. Utah 2020). · cites it 2× “” Utah Code Ann. § 34A-3-103. The UODA incorporates Utah’s Workers’ Compensation Act’s (“UWCA”) exclusive remedy provision, which provides that “the liabilities of the employer imposed by this chapter is in place of any and all other civil liability whatsoever, at common law or…”

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