Cotton v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

NELSON, Presiding Judge.

This writ of certiorari was brought by the petitioner, Andrew E. Cotton (Cotton), to challenge the Industrial Commission’s award denying his petition to reopen. After a careful review of the record, we must agree with the Commission’s decision that the petitioner failed to sustain his burden of proving the requisite elements of a petition to reopen under A.R.S. § 23-1061 (H). We therefore affirm the award.

On June 7, 1971, petitioner Cotton, an employee of the City of Phoenix, sustained an industrial injury to the low back. Workmen’s compensation benefits were…