DeVall v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

This workmen’s compensation case presents the question of whether petitioner Edith DeVall was an employee within the meaning of the Arizona Workmen’s Compensation Act, A.R.S. § 23-901 et seq. and, thus, entitled to benefits for an injury suffered while she was cleaning the swimming pool at Villa Del Sol Motel, respondent employer.

Respondent carried no workmen’s compensation insurance, so petitioner’s claim was initially processed by the Industrial Commission. It was denied and a hearing was held which resulted in an award finding that petitioner was not an employee of the…