Legal Opinion
Joplin v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZ.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 2, 1993No. 1 CA-IC 92-0001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANKFORD, Presiding Judge.
This is a special action review of an industrial commission award denying compensation for a nonindustrial auto accident occurring when petitioner employee (“claimant”) was returning home from treatment for his industrial injury. Two issues are presented for review:(1) Is an injury while traveling for treatment of an industrial injury compensable?(2) Did claimant remove himself from coverage by a substantial deviation on his return home?
We find that injury while traveling for treatment of an industrial injury is compen-sable. We further find that there is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kodiak Oilfield Haulers v. AdamsAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
- Sherrill & La Follette v. HerringArizona Supreme Court · 1955
- Lou Grubb Chevrolet, Inc. v. Industrial CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- Fisher Contracting Co. v. Industrial CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1976
- Fenton v. SAIF Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1987
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3Cited by6 opinions
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