Ruth v. Industrial Commission

How courts have described this case

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• considering the validity of A.R.S. § 23-1023 under article 18, § 6, of the Arizona Constitution when the issue had not been raised before the trial court or the court of appeals
• 1965 workers’ compensation statute provided an employee with an election because it “fumishe[d] an alternative for the employee which he [could] voluntarily accept or reject”
• workers’ compensation lien on a judgment is not an unconstitutional limitation on recovery because article 18, § 6 is not intended to insure recoverability
• statute granting worker right to elect to pursue action against third-party tortfeasor and granting Industrial Commission lien on any recovery not complete abrogation in violation of constitution

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