Paulley v. Industrial Commission

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice.

By certiorari petitioner seeks review of an award denying him compensation for disability due to the loss by amputation of his right leg.

Petitioner suffered from and had been treated for diabetes since 1950. He began working for International Metal Products, Division of McGraw-Edison Company in Phoenix in 1956. Originally classified as a press operator, petitioner was reclassified as a material handler and transferred to the scrap yard on July 11, 1960. There his duties consisted of moving barrels and sweeping and picking up pieces of cardboard and metal scraps.

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