Dean v. Industrial Commission

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This writ of certiorari is to review the sufficiency of evidence supporting an award by the Industrial Commission of Arizona that petitioner’s loss of earning capacity was 32.37 percent. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We accepted review. Opinion of the Court of Appeals, 24 Ariz. App. 214, 537 P.2d 599 (1975), vacated, and the award of the Industrial Commission set aside.

On June 12, 1970, petitioner was employed by A-l Cabinet Shop as a cabinetmaker trainee. While lifting a cabinet he sustained an injury to his lower back diagnosed as a lumbosacral strain.…