Klosterman v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission award denying industrial responsibility for a newly torn ligament to a knee which had previously sustained an industrial injury. The parties dispute whether the industrial injury directly and naturally contributed to the tear. Because the uncontradicted medical evidence established this connection and because the reasonableness of the non-indus trial activity causing the new injury was not raised, we must set aside the award.

On August 27, 1984, the petitioner employee (claimant) injured his left knee at work.…