Ferrell v. Industrial Commission of Arizona

UDALL, Justice.

The sole question presented on this review of an Industrial Commission award is whether a volunteer member of a civil defense mobile unit under the Civil Defense Act of 1951, Ch. 100, S.L.1951, and now appearing as Sec. 64-501 in 1952 Cum. Supp., A.C.A.1939, is entitled to compensation and accident benefits under the existing provisions of the Arizona Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The undisputed facts are these: petitioner Leslie Ferrell was a regular employee of Republic-Gazette Newspaper- Enterprises in Phcenix, Arizona. During the' latter part of July or early August of 1951,…