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EMPLOYERS MUT. LIABILITY, ETC. v. INDUS. COM.

Nos. 1 CA-IC 1917, 1 CA-IC 1920.

121 Ariz. 558 (1979)

592 P.2d 392

EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, and Karlson Machine Works, Petitioners, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Herbert M. Munson, Respondent Employee by Helen M. Munson, Guardian of the person of Herbert M. Munson, an incapacitated person. Herbert M. MUNSON, Petitioner, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION of Arizona, Respondent, Karlson Machine Works, Respondent Employer, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Respondent Carrier.

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

March 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Roca by Merton E. Marks, R. Kent Klein, Phoenix, for Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin and Karlson Machine Works.

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

Michael Mignella, Jr., Phoenix, for Herbert M. Munson.

John A. Flood, Phoenix, for amicus curiae for Arizona Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

In this review of an award of the Industrial Commission we are called upon to determine the scope of the Commission's jurisdiction over and the extent of its inquiry into settlements proposed by the parties before it.

Herbert M. Munson, the injured employee, sustained a severe head injury when he fell from the running board of a co-employee's pickup truck. Mr. Munson was immediately transported to a hospital emergency room. His...

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