Selvidge v. American Airlines, Inc.

CAMERON, Judge.

This is a writ of certiorari to review the lawfulness of a decision of the Industrial Commission of Arizona denying the petition of Elmer Glenn Selvidge for reopening of his industrial claim.

We are called upon to determine whether petitioner’s physical injury was the legal cause of petitioner’s subsequent conversion hysteria'.

Petitioner was working for the respondent American Airlines as a cargo handler when he suffered a compensable back injury in May of 1961. After a brief attempt to return to work, he was incapacitated from June, 1961, until November, 1961. The Industrial…