Tucson Steel Division v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Judge.

This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission (Commission) award for permanent partial disability benefits based on a capacity to work only part-time. The petitioner carrier (Fund) submitted medical evidence at the time of closure substantiating this restriction; however, at the time of hearing the Fund sought to introduce medical evidence establishing that the respondent employee (claimant) had by then achieved the capacity to work full-time. The sole issue on review is whether the administrative law judge properly precluded the introduction of this…