Kriese v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

HAIRE, Chief Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the Commission’s hearing officer committed error in finding that the petitioning widow was not entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits because her deceased husband’s death did not result from an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment.

Petitioner filed a claim seeking benefits for the death of her husband, who was killed in an automobile accident on the night of June 7, 1974, in Phoenix, Arizona. When her claim was denied by the respondent insurance carrier, she filed a timely request for…