Southwest Desert Images, LLC v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 In this statutory special action, petitioner insurer Colorado Casualty Insurance challenges the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) application of the successive-injury doctrine in awarding disability compensation and medical benefits to be provided by Colorado Casualty, rather than State Compensation Fund of Arizona (SCF Arizona), the employer’s former insurance carrier. For the following reasons, we affirm the award.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 In 2008, petitioner employee Dan Sla-ven sustained an industrial injury to his lower back while he was…