Artis v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Chief Judge.

The only issue presented in this review of an industrial commission award is the administrative law judge’s (AU) refusal to issue subpoenas to permit the claimant to cross-examine all the doctors who signed a group medical report unless the claimant paid both the transcript and medical appearance expenses. We find that condition effectively denied the claimant her right of cross-examination and set the award aside.

The claimant was an assembly line worker who was injured in January 1987 when a heavy box fell on her left foot. Her claim for workers’ compensation…