There is no legal right to cross-examine witnesses in the Workers Compensation Commission; decisions to allow or limit cross-examination are discretionary and must be assessed in the context of the Commission's legislative framework, not by reference to common law trial assumptions. An Arbitrator's limitation of cross-examination after 35 minutes on a limited factual dispute was held to be a lawful exercise of discretion not constituting a denial of procedural fairness.
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