Ohlmaier V. Industrial Commission

Richard Ohlmaier, the petitioner employee, seeks review of an opinion of the court of appeals affirming an industrial commission award that found no permanent physical impairment as the result of an industrial injury. We must determine whether substantial justice, as set forth in the Workmen's Compensation Act, is accomplished when one administrative law judge hears medical testimony from one physician and then merely reviews a transcript of testimony given by two other physicians before two other administrative law judges in order to make an award concerning permanent physical disability. We have jurisdiction pursuant to the Arizona Constitution, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. §§ 12-120.24 and 23-948.