1. Workers' compensation is generally described as the injured employee's exclusive remedy because it:

Provides defined benefits while barring most lawsuits against the employer

Workers' compensation is generally the exclusive remedy, providing statutory benefits in exchange for barring most negligence suits against the employer.

2. A Utah employer that needs workers' compensation coverage may generally obtain it from:

Competing private insurers or a state-related fund in the open market

Utah has a competitive workers' compensation market, so employers may buy coverage from competing private insurers or a state-related fund.

3. Workers' compensation death benefits are generally paid to:

The deceased worker's eligible dependents

Workers' compensation death benefits are paid to the eligible surviving dependents of a worker who dies from a work-related injury.

4. Workers' compensation disability benefits are commonly classified as temporary total, temporary partial, permanent partial, and:

Permanent total disability

Workers' compensation disability benefits are typically categorized as temporary total, temporary partial, permanent partial, and permanent total.