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REYNOLDS METALS CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 1 CA-IC 1728.

119 Ariz. 566 (1978)

582 P.2d 656

REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Sherman B. Ballard, Deceased, Ellen G. Ballard, widow of Decedent, Felicia E. Ballard, Eric D. Henderson and Dane H. Ballard, children of Decedent, Respondent Employee.

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

July 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snell & Wilmer by George H. Lyons, Dennis W. Johnson, Phoenix, for petitioners.

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

Miller, Byrnes & Rosier by Albert H. Gavit, Jr., Scottsdale, for respondent employee.

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

The issue in this workmen's compensation case is whether the hearing officer abused his discretion when he determined that decedent employee's death by an overdose of propoxphene was causally related to an industrial injury suffered in the course and scope of his employment with Reynolds Metals Company, the petitioner employer.

Sherman Ballard, the decedent, injured his back on September 17, 1974, when he fell from a ladder while...

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