Sandoval v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

On this appeal questions are raised concerning the Superior Court’s jurisdiction to consider certain tort and contract claims urged by an injured workman (appellant) against his self-insured employer (Salt River Project) and its agent hired to administer Workmen’s Compensation claims (Swett & Crawford).

This is the third time questions arising out of Mr. Sandoval’s industrial injury have been presented to this Court. The two previous instances involved review by this Court, at Mr. Sandoval’s request, of Industrial Commission awards entered in the processing of his claim in…