Jones v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona

OPINION

FROEB, Chief Judge.

This review questions the denial by the Industrial Commission (Commission) of a petition for commutation of compensation to lump sum award authorized by A.R.S. § 23-1067. Review of a denial of such an award would, under ordinary circumstances, be limited to a determination of whether the Commission abused its discretion. Prigosin v. Industrial Commission, 113 Ariz. 87, 546 P.2d 823 (1976). Petitioner’s contention is that, in this case, instead of exercising its discretion as to whether the lump sum commutation would have been in the best interest of petitioner, the…