Stout v. Industrial Commission

HAIRE, Judge.

In this appeal by certiorari from an award of the Industrial Commission, the Court is required to determine the extent to which the petitioner may recover medical, surgical and hospital expenses incurred prior to the time he files a petition to reopen his claim relating to a prior industrial injury.

James Allen Stout (hereinafter, petitioner) injured his back in January 1967 in the course of his employment. On October 23, 1967, the Industrial Commission of Arizona (hereinafter, the Commission) entered its “Findings and Award for Temporary Disability” awarding petitioner medical…