State Office of Risk Mgmt. v. Martinez

Throughout the administrative review process, the parties in this case disputed the same two points: whether Martinez was injured in the course and scope of her employment and whether she was disabled. The benefit review officer's report listed two unresolved issues: "Did [Martinez] sustain a compensable injury ...?" and "Did [Martinez] sustain a disability ...?" Under the compensability heading, the benefit review officer noted that SORM's ultimate "[p]osition" was that Martinez's injury did not occur in the "course and scope of her employment."

The parties disputed the same two issues at the…