Easter v. Percy

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, we hold that an oral reassignment of the claim to the employee by the carrier during the second year does not violate the Arizona Statute of Frauds.

While he was employed by Dillingham Construction Company on August 6, 1984, appellant was struck by a loose piece of rebar. He received workers’ compensation benefits from Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company for the work-related injury. On August 6, 1986, appellant filed an action against appellees John Carollo Engineers and Oscar Percy, a chief inspector for John Carollo Engineers,…