Blickenstaff v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

This special action presents two issues. First, did the petitioner sustain his burden of proving a meritorious reason for the untimely filing of a Request for Hearing. Second, does a Petition to Reopen accompanied by a physician’s year-old statement of condition which is both illegible and nonspecific sufficiently comply with A.R.S. § 23-1061(H).

By way of introduction, a brief review of the facts is essential. Petitioner Harold Blickenstaff sustained an abrasion and low back strain on October 4, 1973 in an industrial injury while in the employ of…