Tucson Unified School District v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

The issue in this Special Action — Industrial Commission is whether the evidence supports the administrative law judge’s determination that respondent employee met his burden of proof in showing that he sustained an injury, in the nature of an occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of his employment. We find that the evidence does support this determination and therefore affirm the award.

Respondent employee, Earl Estep, filed a workmen’s compensation claim for benefits for disability due to pulmonary cryptococcosis. His claim was that his disease was…