Gallegos v. Industrial Commission

FELDMAN, Justice.

Philip Gallegos (claimant) asks us to review a decision of the court of appeals, Gallegos v. Industrial Commission, 144 Ariz. 31, 695 P.2d 280 (1984), denying claimant rearrangement of his previous workman’s compensation award. In reaching that conclusion the court held claimant was bound by the actual facts in existence at the time of the previous award and could not rely on the facts established by the award if those facts were incorrect.

We granted review because we believe the administrative law judge and court of appeals erred in interpreting the statute, failed to apply…