Scowden v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

This appeal presents two issues. Did the Industrial Commission abuse its discretion when it entered an order disapproving of petitioner Arthur N. Scowden’s petition for a lump sum commútation of his industrial award?

Did the Commission fail to exercise its affirmative statutory duty to either ap*82prove or disapprove of petitioner’s request for a lump sum commutation?

On November 24, 1972, the Commission entered its original Findings and Award for Unscheduled Permanent Partial Disability, finding that petitioner has sustained a compensable industrial disability resulting in a…