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"Insurers don’t have to pay injured workers’ spouses"

September 9, 2008

Found an important ruling for Arizona on azcentral.com

By Howard Fischer – Sept. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Capitol Media Services

A state court has ruled that workers-compensation insurance does not have to reimburse spouses of injured workers for special care they provide.

The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected arguments by Sabino Carbajal that his wife should be paid for the “attendant care” she provides when he does not have a nurse at his house. Carbajal, who is partially paralyzed as a result of an industrial accident, said there are things he cannot do for himself that require the help of his wife.

But the plea was rebuffed by Judge Patricia Orozco, who wrote the court’s majority opinion.

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