An Arizona appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to mileage reimbursement for his travel from Flagstaff to Phoenix, when medical treatment was available in Flagstaff.
Case: City of Flagstaff v. Industrial Commission, No. 1 CA-IC 13-0054, 02/24/2015, published.
Facts: Rick Bunch injured his neck and back in the course of his employment as a maintenance worker at the City of Flagstaff's wastewater treatment plant. The city's comp carrier, SCF Arizona, accepted his injuries as compensable.
SCF provided Bunch with conservative treatment from an orthopedic surgeon...
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