State of Arizona ex rel. Industrial Commission of Arizona, Plaintiff/judgment Creditor/appellee v. Tommy Word Dba…

Summary

The court held that the original workers’ compensation award, rather than a later final accounting, was the award subject to filing under the statute. Filing was necessary to create an eight-year judgment lien, but each payment from the Special Fund independently became an enforceable judgment, and those payment judgments expired after five years because they were not renewed. The court vacated the court of appeals’ opinion, reversed the superior court, and remanded with instructions to grant Word’s Rule 60(c) motion.