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WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE v. INDUS. COM'N

No. 1 CA-IC 3160.

144 Ariz. 129 (1985)

696 P.2d 223

WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE dba Fort Apache Timber Co., Petitioner Employer, Aetna Insurance Company, Petitioner Insurance Carrier, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA, Respondent, Dernie Bead, Respondent Employee.

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

February 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Brauchli, Pinetop, for petitioner employer.

Bury, Moeller & Humphrey, P.A. by J. Michael Moeller, Marshall Humphrey, Tucson, for petitioner carrier.

Sandra A. Day, Chief Counsel, Indus. Com'n of Arizona, Phoenix, for respondent.

Harlan J. Crossman, P.C. by Harlan J. Crossman, Phoenix, for respondent employee.

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised in this review is whether the Industrial Commission of Arizona has jurisdiction to adjudicate the rights of an injured Indian worker, where the injury occurs on an Indian reservation and the employer is a wholly-owned entity of an Indian tribe.

The facts are not in dispute. The claimant, Dernie Bead, is an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and resides on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation...

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