Gila Valley Block Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

NELSON, Judge.

This special action presents for review the question of the validity of Rule 29, Rules of Procedure for Workmen’s Compensation Hearings before the Industrial Commission of Arizona. We hold that Rule 29 is in excess of the statutory rule-making grant to the Industrial Commission and therefore invalid.

The workmen’s compensation claimant in this action filed a petition to reopen his claim on December 20, 1976. The State Compensation Fund accepted the petition to reopen on January 26,1977. The next written document in the record is a letter from the employer to the Commission…