Arizona's Work Injury Firm
According to a report from the Arizona Capitol Times, an appellate court in Arizona has awarded workers’ compensation benefits to the family of a worker who contracted COVID-19 while on the job. In the case of Western Millwork, Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Zerby, an appellate court ruled in favor of the widow of a man...
Court of Appeals by Chad Snow, Founding Partner Clients often ask what we can do if they lose at their industrial commission hearing. The answer most of the time is “not much”. However, there are appeal rights following an unfavorable decision at the ICA. The first step is to file a “request for review” with...
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I recently litigated a claim at the Court of Appeals that had to do with Arizona’s “Equal Measure Rule” as set forth in the Elias v. Industrial Comm’n case. That case says that the same measure of hours used to calculate the injured worker’s pre-injury average monthly wage should be used to calculate their post...
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A recent Court of Appeals decision on a workers compensation claim brings to mind an issue that I’ve never discussed here on the blog – the Election of Remedies Doctrine. In this case, the worker was injured working for an employer who did not carry workers compensation insurance. In such cases, the worker can elect...
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