Allstate Insurance v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

OGG, Chief Judge.

This Special Action-Industrial Commission challenges the hearing officer’s determination that medical problems encountered by respondent employee when he entered the hospital to undergo a diagnostic myelogram and subsequent surgery are the industrial responsibility of petitioner carrier and employer. We find that the hearing officer’s conclusion is reasonably supported by the evidence and affirm the award.

After a back injury on August 4, 1974, respondent employee Carl Moser’s workmen’s compensation claim was accepted for benefits.

On July 19, 1978, on recommendation of…