FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 13319-PR.

119 Ariz. 51 (1978)

579 P.2d 555

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO., and Drenberg & Associates, Inc., Petitioners, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Janice W. Craig, Respondent Employee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Romley by Craig R. Kepner, Cathey Dee Milan, Phoenix, for petitioners.

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

Chris T. Johnson, P.C., Phoenix, for respondent Craig.

State Compensation Fund by Robert K. Park, Chief Counsel, Phoenix, for amicus curiae.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by J. Victor Stoffa, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Ins. Co. of North America.


STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This case involves the compensability of a disabling mental condition under Arizona's Workmen's Compensation Law. We granted review to settle the question of whether a disability brought on by strain and worry may be compensated as an injury by accident. Opinion of the Court of Appeals vacated. The award of the Industrial Commission affirmed.

Janice W. Craig, respondent employee, was employed by Drenberg and Associates, an...

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