McCurry v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 After his injury, Stephen McCurry filed a workers’ compensation claim. The Industrial Commission of Arizona (“ICA”) subsequently determined that his claim was noncompensable. He appeals, and, in our special action review, we are asked to decide whether the statutory requirement that an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) issue a decision within thirty days after a hearing is mandatory and jurisdictional. 1 Because the thirty-day provision in Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 23-942(A) (1995) is not jurisdictional, we affirm the Award and Decision Upon Review…