Colorado River Inn v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

The primary issue presented on review of this award of the Industrial Commission is whether the claimant’s workmen’s compensation claim should be reopened for investigative purposes (a “conditional” reopening.)

Respondent, Jimmie White, injured her back on November 7, 1972, while lifting a box of frozen chickens weighing 60-75 pounds, while in the course of her employment as a cook with petitioner, Colorado River Inn. Her claim for workmen’s compensation benefits was accepted by petitioner insurance carrier and was ultimately closed effective May 31, 1974, with…