Hanley v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

BROOKS, Presiding Judge.

This is a special action review of a consolidated Industrial Commission award that, among other things, classified as non-traumatic a hernia sustained by petitioner employee (claimant) in June 1986 and, accordingly, limited disability benefits to two months. See generally A.R.S. § 23-1043.1 Two issues are presented for review:

*405(1) whether the administrative law judge correctly classified claimant’s hernia;' and, if so,(2) whether the two-month limitation on disability benefits applies to complications of a nontraumatic hernia.

We conclude that although the…