10.2.4.1.2 Admissibility of Evidence Generally

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

. To effectuate the remedial purposes of workers’ compensation law, the administrative law judge is granted greater flexibility in the admission of evidence than that afforded a judge of the superior court.^[57] Such discretion is not absolute, however, but must be measured against a standard of achievement of substantial justice.^[58]

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^[57]Fremont Indem. Co. v. Industrial Comm’n, 144 Ariz. 339, 697 P.2d 1089 (1985); A.R.S. § 23‑941 (F).

^[58]Northern Ariz. Univ. v. Industrial Comm’n, 123...