Slayton v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

NELSON, Judge.

This petition involves a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits based upon the aggravation of an underlying and preexisting skin condition known as exfolia-tive erythrodermatitis. Jerry Slayton (Slayton), the petitioner herein, was employed by the respondent employer, Station KRUX (KRUX), as an advertisement salesman from January 6, 1974 through June 4, 1974, when he was hospitalized by Peter Lynch, M.D., a dermatologist in Tucson.

On September 3, 1974, Slayton filed a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits for an alleged injury by accident arising out of and…