Williams v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Presiding Judge.

The basic issue before the Court is whether The Industrial Commission of Arizona abused its discretion in failing to follow the recommendation of one of the doctors who urged that a medical consultation board be convened. This case is governed by the law as it existed prior to 1 January 1969, and all citations to the Arizona Revised Statutes and to The Industrial Commission rules will be to the pre-1969 versions thereof.

On 21 August 1968 Wilbur L. Williams, Sr., hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, injured his neck in an • industrial accident. He was then 59…