Bradley v. Lake Powell Medical Center

OPINION

This case concerns whether, based on comity and res judicata, a decision made by the Office of Appeals of the Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES) that an employee engaged in “willful misconduct” should preclude a subsequent complaint before the Navajo Nation Labor Commission (Commission) that the employer terminated the employee “without just cause.” The Court vacates the Commission’s decision to deny comity, but affirms, for a different reason, the decision to deny res judicata.

I

Appellant Lake Powell Medical Center (Lake Powell) employed Appellee Dan Bradley (Bradley).…