Chavez v. Industrial Commission

JACOBSON, Judge,

specially concurring:

I agree with the majority opinion as to the disposition of this matter on its merits. Moreover, I reluctantly agree that the hearing officer was required to hear the issue of permanent disability de novo, in spite of two appellate courts having already passed on this issue. This specially concurring opinion is written for the. sole purpose, in the name of effective judicial administration, of again lamenting the sad state of affairs involved in judicial review of Industrial Commission awards.

In 1925, the Arizona legislature provided that review of…