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JACKSON v. EAGLE KMC L.L.C.

No. CV-18-0056-PR.

431 P.3d 1197 (2019)

Stephanie JACKSON, an Individual, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. EAGLE KMC L.L.C., aka Eagle KMC Transportation, aka Eagle Transportation Co., aka Eagle J&K Transportation L.L.C., aka Eagle Tucson South, L.L.C., aka Eagle Transportation, L.L.C., an Arizona Corporation; Rachael Gabriella Hender, a Single Woman; Werner Enterprises, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; Drivers Management, L.L.C., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed January 2, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Skiver (argued), The Skiver Law Firm, Scottsdale; James E. Harris , Harris & Associates P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, NE, Attorneys for Stephanie Jackson.

Phillip H. Stanfield , Daniel O. King , Lori L. Voepel (argued), Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Eagle KMC L.L.C., Rachael Gabriella Hender, Werner Enterprises, Inc., and Drivers Management, L.L.C.

James F. Mahoney , Emily K. Dotson , Resnick & Louis, P.C., Scottsdale, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trucking Association.

Stanley G. Feldman , Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.C., Tucson; David L. Abney (argued) Ahwatukee Legal Office P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association for Justice/Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

JUSTICE GOULD authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES and JUSTICES PELANDER, TIMMER, BOLICK, and LOPEZ, and JUDGE ECKERSTROM joined.

¶ 1 We hold that Arizona's automatic assignment provision in A.R.S. § 23-1023(B) does not apply when an employee receives workers' compensation benefits under another state's laws. Rather, the law of the state in which an employee's workers' compensation is paid determines the assignment rights of the...

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