Nowlin v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

This special action review of an Industrial Commission award requires an analysis of the risks associated with the employment necessary to satisfy the “arising out of employment” requirement of A.R.S. § 23-1021.

Procedural History

Petitioner employee (claimant) worked for respondent employer (Personnel Pool), a temporary employment agency. In December 1988, Personnel Pool placed claimant as a temporary receptionist for a business client. On December 29, 1988, claimant’s third or fourth day on the job, she took a regular afternoon break and then returned to her desk to…