R20-5-664. Prehearing Conferences

A. Upon its own motion or the motion of a party, the Commission may direct the parties or their counsel to meet with them for a conference to consider: 1. Simplification of the issues; 2. Necessity or desirability of amendments to documents for purposes of clarification, simplification, or limitation; 3. Stipulations, admissions of fact, and of contents and authenticity of documents; 4. Limitation of the number of parties and of expert witnesses; and 5. Such other matters as may tend to expedite the disposition of the proceeding and to assure a just conclusion thereof. B. The Commission shall make an order which recites the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to any documents which have been filed, and the agreements made between the parties as to any of the matters considered, and which limits the issues for hearings to those not disposed of by Page 58 Supp. 26-2 June 30, 2026 Arizona Administrative Code 20 A.A.C. 5 TITLE 20. COMMERCE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND INSURANCE CHAPTER 5. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA admission or agreements; and such order when entered controls the subsequent course of the hearing, unless modified at the hearing, to prevent manifest injustice.