Legal Opinion

Adams v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided July 11, 1985No. 1 CA-IC 3189PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MEYERSON, Presiding Judge.

The issue in this special action is whether an Industrial Commission award may be reversed on review by a substituted administrative law judge who did not personally observe the claimant testify. Because the claimant’s credibility is crucial in this case, we hold the award upon review must be set aside.

I. FACTS

George Adams (claimant) filed a claim for a low back injury occurring on “approximately January 20, 1983,” while employed by Rodney and Mary Amick, dba Rod’s Happy Rentals (employer). The claim was administered by the No Insurance Division of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Pollard v. Krispy Waffle No. 1Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1983
  3. Federal Mutual Liability Insurance v. Industrial Commission of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
  5. Smith v. Dental Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Continental Mobile Telephone Company, Inc. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  2. Ohlmaier v. Industrial Com'n of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Schmidt v. Beeson Plumbing & Heating, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Ritland v. Arizona State Board of Medical ExaminersCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2006
  5. Bayer Corp. v. Commissioner of RevenueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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