Carr v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

¶ 1 This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission award that denied travel reimbursement to the claimant and established an average monthly wage. We set the award aside because we conclude that the injured worker, who was required to travel outside his community to obtain treatment, is entitled to be paid travel expenses.

¶2 In 1997 the claimant was hired by Indiana Western Express as an over-the-road truck driver out of its Kingman truck terminal. He lived about sixteen miles outside of Seligman, Arizona, and to reach King-man he had to drive for…