MURDOCH v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 1 CA-IC 309.

15 Ariz. App. 56 (1971)

485 P.2d 1173

Harvey MURDOCH, Petitioner, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Ets-Hokin & Galvan, Inc., Respondent Employer, State Compensation Fund, Respondent Carrier.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

June 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gorey & Ely, by Stephen S. Gorey, Phoenix, for petitioner.

William C. Wahl, Chief Counsel The Industrial Commission of Arizona, Phoenix, for respondent.

Robert K. Park, Chief Counsel State Compensation Fund, by Courtney L. Varner, Phoenix, for respondent Carrier.


JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

A procedural morass caused by a referee's ruling which resulted in the petitioner filing a premature petition to reopen has led the Industrial Commission into error and requires our setting aside the Commission's award.

Petitioner, Harvey Murdoch, was originally injured in an industrial accident on September 23, 1963. As a result of this injury petitioner has had continuing back problems which have resulted in at least one spinal...

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