Red Bluff Mines, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

This is a special action review of a November 29, 1983 Industrial Commission (Commission) award for what are denominated “death benefits.” The issue on review concerns the preclusive effect, if any, of a previous award entered on November 2, 1981. The petitioner, Red Bluff Mines, Inc., asserts that this award determined its sole liability for all claims and therefore precludes the present award. The respondents, personal representatives of the Estate of David Lott, defend the administrative law judge’s conclusion that this award determined compensability of the…