Alsbrooks v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Chief Justice.

We granted the petition for review in this case to settle an apparent conflict among the previous cases of Ronquillo v. Industrial Commission, 107 Ariz. 542, 490 P.2d 423 (1971); Ross v. Industrial Commission, 112 Ariz. 253, 540 P.2d 1234 (1975); and Smith v. Industrial Commission, 113 Ariz. 304, 552 P.2d 1198 (1976), which concern the application of the Workmen’s Compensation Act to a second injury after a prior non-industrial injury.

The question before the court is as follows: In order for a prior non-industrial injury to have the effect of changing a subsequent…