Arizona Public Service Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Judge

At issue in this special action review of an Industrial Commission award is the effect of a claimant’s withdrawal of his request for hearing protesting the carrier’s notice of claim status terminating temporary compensation and notice of permanent disability benefits. We hold that, under the facts presented here, when the employer/carrier brought it to the administrative law judge’s attention that there had been an error in the notice of claim status and disputed issues had in fact not been resolved, the administrative law judge erred in dismissing the request for…