Schaeffer Trucking v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Justice.

We granted Lindy G. Aldridge’s petition for review of a memorandum decision of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, setting aside an administrative law judge’s decision that claimant’s medical and compensation benefits should be suspended as of 23 April 1982. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const.Art. 6, § 5, and Rule 23, Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 17A A.R.S.

We must decide the following issue:

*409Must medical or compensation benefits be terminated on the date a claimant first unreasonably refuses a particular medical treatment?

On 24 July 1980…