Frantz v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

The sole issue raised in this review of an award entered by the respondent Commission in a workmen’s compensation pro ceeding is whether the petitioner should have been awarded compensation benefits for a three month period during which time he was outside the state of Arizona without the approval of the Commission.

The petitioner agrees that the facts show that he left the state while the necessity for having medical treatment continued, without obtaining the written approval of the Commission, although he did obtain the oral consent of his doctor. In our opinion the…