Phoenix Cotton Pickery v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

The Industrial Commission granted a reopening to respondent, Jose A. Trevizo. The State Compensation Fund, petitioner in this special action, seeks to have the award set aside on the ground there is no evidence of a new, additional, or previously undiscovered medical condition sufficient to support a reopening of his claim.

The principal issue in this case is the effect to be given a prior unprotested Notice of Claim Status denying a reopening.

Trevizo was injured on August 8, 1974, when he fractured his ankle while working for the petitioner-employer, Phoenix Cotton…