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SAFEWAY STORES v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZ.

No. 1 CA-IC 3185.

152 Ariz. 37 (1985)

730 P.2d 214

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Petitioner Employer, Safeway Stores, Inc., c/o Home Insurance Company, Petitioner Carrier, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA, Respondent, Racheal Gabaldon, Respondent Employee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

November 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by J. Victor Stoffa, Phoenix, for petitioners employer and carrier.

Dennis P. Kavanaugh, Chief Counsel, The Industrial Com'n of Arizona, Phoenix, for respondent.

Machmer, Schlosser & Meitz, Ltd. by Ronald M. Meitz, Phoenix, for respondent employee.

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Judge.

This case presents the court with questions regarding the validity of compensation settlements within the existing framework of Arizona's Workers' Compensation system. The pivotal question is whether under our present statutes and case law a written settlement agreement between a claimant and the employer/carrier which settles post-compensability issues is valid. We hold that such a settlement agreement is void and that the...

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