Opinion Would Reverse Ariz. Policy on Illegal Aliens

What seemed like an open-and-shut case over medical evidence turned into a published appellate opinion that casts a cloud over the right of illegal aliens to obtain workers' compensation benefits in Arizona because of a judge's insistence on addressing the issue. SCF Arizona plans to ask the Arizona Supreme Court to vacate or "de-publish" an opinion by the 1st Division of the state Court of Appeals in Gamez vs. Arizona Industrial Commission, 1 CA-IC 05-0069, even though the carrier succeeded in blocking permanent disability benefits for applicant Jose Luis Gamez. The problem, said SCF spoke...