DKI Corp./Sylvan Pools v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

GRANT, Chief Judge.

This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission award granting reopening and awarding interest on unpaid temporary disability benefits from the filing date of the petition to reopen. Petitioners present three issues. First, whether a claimant’s conduct violating medical restrictions constitutes an affirmative defense on reopening. Second, if not, whether claimant carried his burden of proving that his conduct was reasonable. Third, if reopening was proper, whether the Administrative Law Judge erroneously awarded interest from the date of the filing of the…