Court Opinion

ID: 9531328
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:09:48.183894+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:24.898663
License: Public Domain

WREN, Judge
(specially concurring):
I agree that the award should be set aside because the Notice of Claim Status was contradictory and therefore ambiguous.
I do not however, subscribe to the proposition that this Court should take issue with the terminology used in the forms in general, and attempt by criticism to rewrite them. To me, there is nothing misleading or complex in the use of such words as “terminated” or “aggrieved”. Such terms are not normally associated with a high educational level or even professional use, and if not understood by an applicant, may easily be made the subject of inquiry to a dictionary or advisor. It would be manifestly impossible to use the English language in such a way that it would be understood by all applicants.
Moreover, a claimant seeking to reopen is bound not only by those facts of which he has knowledge, but also those which he may ascertain by the exercise of reasonable diligence. Cf. Taylor v. Industrial Commission, 20 Ariz.App. 46, 509 P.2d 1083 (1973).