Espinosa v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

BROOKS, Judge.

This is a special action review of a consolidated Arizona Industrial Commission award granting a new injury claim but denying reopening of a prior claim. The issue on review is whether the administrative law judge erroneously denied reopening when the evidence satisfied the legal test for reopening and established that the average monthly wage for the first claim exceeded the average monthly wage for the second claim. We conclude that the successive injury doctrine was correctly applied and therefore affirm the award.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Petitioner employee…