City of Phoenix v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

NELSON, Judge.

This special action challenges an award of the Industrial Commission allowing workmen’s compensation benefits to a 48 year old applicant who suffered a heart attack while at home on vacation leave.

George Loy, the applicant, was hired in 1960 by the Phoenix Police Department as a patrolman. In 1971 he was transferred to the Police Employment Services Bureau as a background investigator. His responsibilities included screening all civilian applicants for the Bureau, interviewing, arranging polygraph examinations, and filling all vacancies as well as federally and city…