The Arizona Supreme Court late yesterday issued a decision in the long-awaited dispute concerning qualification for benefits where drugs or alcohol is discovered after an industrial injury. The Supreme Court justices upheld the liberal ruling in Grammatico and overruled the more conservative interpretation in Komalestewa.The consolidated opinion involved the issue of whether Article 18, Section 8 of the state Constitution precludes the Legislature from requiring proof, before workers' compensation benefits may be awarded, that the alcohol or illegal drugs in an injured worker's system were not...
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