Meiners v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

BRAMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 In this statutory special action, petitioner employee Michael Meiners contends the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred by reducing his workers’ compensation benefits following a hearing on the petition he had filed for rearrangement. We conclude res judicata principles preclude the ALJ from reducing Meiners’s disability compensation and set aside the award.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 “On review of an Industrial Commission award, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the Industrial Commission’s findings and award.” Roberts v.…