Hornback v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Judge.

The question before this Court is whether The Industrial Commission of Arizona was correct in its award wherein it declared that it did not have jurisdiction to entertain the injured workman’s petition to reopen, a petition based upon an asserted new, additional or previously undiscovered disability. The problem arises because after the injured workman received an award which included both accident benefits and compensation for temporary disability, he sued a third party for damages arising out of his industrial injury and settled his civil action without securing the “written…