LEE WAY MOTOR FREIGHT, INC. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 1 CA-IC 1392.

27 Ariz. App. 243 (1976)

553 P.2d 1228

LEE WAY MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., and Transport Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Floyd L. Biddlecome, Respondent Employee.

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

August 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Roca by Merton E. Marks, R. Kent Klein, Steven R. Lee, Phoenix, for petitioners.

John H. Budd, Jr., Chief Counsel, Phoenix, for respondent The Industrial Commission of Ariz.

Harlan J. Crossman, Phoenix, for respondent Employee.


OPINION

HAIRE, Chief Judge, Division 1.

On this review of an award entered by the respondent Commission in a Workmen's compensation proceeding, we are required to determine whether the failure of the claimant's treating physician to obtain advance authorization for consultation with a neurologist and a psychiatrist defeats the claimant's right to these medical benefits, together with hospitalization incidental thereto. The Commission's hearing officer awarded...

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