STATE EX REL. INDUS. COM'N v. WORD

No. CV-09-0174-PR.

224 P.3d 169 (2010)

STATE of Arizona ex rel. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA, Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor/Appellee, v. Tommy WORD dba Pacific Mechanical Service, Defendant/Judgment Debtor/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Industrial Commission of Arizona By Michael P. Primiano, Phoenix, Attorney for State of Arizona and Industrial Commission of Arizona.

Philip R. Wooten, P.C. By Philip R. Wooten, Phoenix, Attorney for Tommy Word and Pacific Mechanical Service.


OPINION

HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us to interpret A.R.S. § 23-907(E) (Supp.2009), which governs recovery of payments made by the Industrial Commission to injured workers whose employers fail to maintain workers' compensation insurance.

I.

A.

¶ 2 On August 2, 1991, Robert Ruehrmund was injured while employed by Tommy Word. Because Word did...

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