Spielman v. Industrial Commission

EUBANK, Judge.

This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission award denying a petition to reopen. The sole issue preserved for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to support this denial. Because the evidence is sufficient, we affirm the award.

Petitioner employee (claimant), while working as a drywaller in June 1979, suffered a compensable left shoulder injury.1 He underwent surgery in July 1979 for an impingement of the anterior lateral aspect of the acromion and the coracoacromial ligament. A small rotator cuff tear was also discovered and repaired. After this surgery,…