Charles W. Stenz v. City of Tucson and Pinnacle Risk Management Services

OPINION

VÁSQUEZ, Judge.

¶ 1 In this statutory special action, petitioner Elizabeth Stenz, widow of Charles Stenz, the petitioner employee, challenges the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) award denying her interest on the death benefits she received four years after Charles’s death. She argues Arizona law requires payment of the interest. We agree and set aside the award.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 We view the facts in the light most favorable to upholding the award. Polanco v. Indus. Comm’n, 214 Ariz. 489, ¶ 2, 154 P.3d 391, 392-93 (App.2007). But, here, the facts are not in dispute.…