Sun Control Tile Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

In this case we must determine if the Arizona Industrial Commission had jurisdiction to enter an award on a back claim when the only claim filed related to a different injury.

On January 20, 1975, the respondent employee Robert L. Jeffery suffered an injury to his left knee while acting in the scope of his employment. The petitioner insurance carrier, Continental Casualty Company, paid him temporary compensation until October 3, 1975, when it issued a notice of claim status terminating the benefits effective the day the injury became stationary— September 16, 1975 — and…