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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, ) ) ) Respondent, ) ) ) AROK, INC., ) ) Respondent Employer, ) ) ) ) STATE COMPENSATION FUND, ) ) Respondent Carrier. ) ) __________________________________) ) AUSTIN KOMALESTEWA, ) ) Petitioner Employee, ) ) v. ) ) THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, ) ) ) Respondent, ) ) STONEVILLE PEDIGREE SEED, ) ) Respondent Employer, ) ) ) WAUSAU INSURANCE COMPANIES, ) ) Respondent Carrier. ) ) DAVID C. GRAMMATICO, Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-04-0197-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-IC 01-0117

ICA Claim No. 20001-390571 Carrier No. AZ 00008522

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Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-04-0364-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-IC 03-0041 ICA Claim No. 20013-370241 Carrier No. WC-905 367138

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_______________________________________________________________ GRAMMATICO v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Commission Award J. Matthew Powell, Administrative Law Judge AWARD SET ASIDE Court of Appeals, Division One 208 Ariz. 10, 90 P.3d 211 (App. 2004) AFFIRMED ________________________________________________________________ KOMALESTEWA v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Commission Award Stephen W. Pogson, Administrative Law Judge AWARD SET ASIDE Court of Appeals, Division One 209 Ariz. 2ll, 99 P.3d 26 (App. 2004) REVERSED ________________________________________________________________ ATTORNEYS FOR GRAMMATICO v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION JEROME, GIBSON, STEWART, FRIEDMAN, STEVENSON & ENGLE, P.C. By Joel F. Friedman Attorneys for David G. Grammatico STATE COMPENSATION FUND By James F. Crane, Vice President and General Counsel James B. Stabler Attorneys for AROK, Inc. and State Compensation Fund

Phoenix

Phoenix

JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C. Phoenix By Randall H. Warner Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Insurance Association, Arizona Association of Industries, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Restaurant and Hospitality Association, Arizona Rock Products Association, Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation, and Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP Phoenix By Wendy G. Briggs Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Insurance Association

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LOW & CHILDERS, P.C. Phoenix By S. David Childers Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America ADELMAN GERMAN PLC By Daniel J. Adelman Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN & McANALLY P.L.C By Stanley G. Feldman Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Southern Arizona Workers' Compensation Claimants Association Scottsdale

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________________________________________________________________ ATTORNEYS FOR KOMALESTEWA v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Don A. Fendon Attorney for Austin Komalestewa CROSS & LIEBERMAN P.A. By Donald L. Cross Attorneys for Stoneville Pedigree Seed and Wausau Insurance Companies LOW & CHILDERS, P.C. By S. David Childers Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Property Casualty Insurers Association of America ADELMAN GERMAN PLC By Daniel J. Adelman Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Scottsdale

HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN & McANALLY, P.L.C Tucson By Stanley G. Feldman Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Southern Arizona Workers' Compensation Claimants Association ________________________________________________________________ R Y A N, Justice

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