City of Phoenix v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is a writ of certiorari to review the lawfulness of an award of the Industrial Commission of Arizona which denied compensation to the employee of petitioner, City of Phoenix.

The issue presented is whether or not the employee was in the course and scope of his employment when he incurred an accidental injury.

The facts presented are as follows. On 16 June 1966, John N. Adams, an employee of the City of Pheonix, was injured in a fall in an elevator located in the Municipal Building of the City of Phoenix at 251 West Washington Street. Mr. Adams was employed by the City…