Verdugo v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Justice.

This is a petition to review a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the awards of the Industrial Commission in Claim Numbers SY 767 and TG 875 (14 Ariz.App. 79, 480 P.2d 996 [1971], motion for rehearing denied at 15 Ariz.App. 155, 487 P.2d 1 [1971]).

We are called upon to determine:

1. whether petitioner sustained his burden in requesting a reopening of the 1963 claim (SY 767),

2. whether the “rubber stamp” award in the 1968 injury (TG 875) was a valid award and therefore res judicata, and

3. whether the Commission was without jurisdiction to reopen the 1968 award (TG 875).

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