Collins v. Industrial Commission

UDALL, Chief Justice:

Collins, an employee of White, suffered a compensable injury. The Industrial Commission made some payments without Collins’ ever having filed a claim. After payments were stopped and Collins disputed the Commission’s award, the case reached the Court of Appeals. There; for the first time, the Commission brought .up Collins’ failure to file a claim within one year from the date of the accident (as required by A.R.S. § 23-1061), and moved to dismiss the appeal on that ground.

The Court of Appeals denied the motion and vacated the award, Collins v. Industrial Commission, 5.…