Cassey v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

This is a special action review of a decision upon review by the Industrial Commission, closing petitioner’s (claimant’s) industrial claim and finding his condition to be stationary without permanent impairment. The issue presented is whether the administrative law judge (judge) erred in finding no permanent impairment solely because neither expert witness was able to rate claimant’s degree of impairment under the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment” (Guides). The judge found, however, that claimant was unable to return to his for mer employment as…