Aldrich v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

This is a special action review of an Arizona Industrial Commission award denying compensability and alternatively awarding temporary partial disability benefits should this court conclude that the claim is compensable. We address two issues: (1) whether a carrier that opts to return the Commission’s notification list with the designation “NTL” (meaning that this was a no time loss claim) may, over ninety days later, deny compensability to contest a claim for disability benefits; and (2) if not, whether this court may affirm the alternative finding. Because claim…