· 6/15/2009
Carbajal v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA
Citations
- 219 P.3d 211
- 223 Ariz. 1
- 559 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 30
- 2009 Ariz. LEXIS 183
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding, “as the Vermont Supreme Court did, that Warren Trucking’s rigid framework does not further the remedial purposes of workers’ compensation statutes],]” and “]u]nder Arizona law, compensability turns on the nature of the services, not on the identity of the provider”
- noting palliative use manages “symptoms or mitigat[es] the effects” of illness or injury
- “The compensability of services inquiry should focus on the nature of the services provided, not on the identity of the service provider.”
- § 23-1062(A) not limited to medical care but includes “services to cure or ameliorate the health effects of her injury”
- because the statute makes no distinction as to services provided by a spouse, “[t]he compensability of services inquiry should focus on the nature of the services provided, not on the identity of the service provider”
- Workers’ Compensation Act liberally construed to effectuate remedial purpose
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Judges: Berch, McGregor, Ryan, Hurwitz, Bales
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