Court Opinion

ID: 9550774
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:42:16.784334+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:22:21.340435
License: Public Domain

HAYS, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent.
This case is a perfect example of the statement that hard cases make bad law. One cannot help having great sympathy for the widow who is seeking death benefits for her husband’s death. Obviously, the majority has brought this case into the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Act because our Arizona Occupational Disease Act fails to provide a much needed relief.
While conceding that the Occupational Disease Act is archaic and greatly in need of change, we cannot go along with judicial legislation in this area. This is a matter for the legislature, and for that reason I dissent.
HOLOHAN, J., concurs.