Maness v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is a writ of certiorari to review the lawfulness of an award and finding of the respondent Industrial Commission of Arizona. Petitioner J. L. Maness was injured in an industrial accident 17 December 1963. He was employed as a carpenter on a roof when he stepped on a loose joist and fell backward over the roof onto a concrete curb. He suffered severe injuries including a compound depressed skull fracture, concussion, severely fractured left wrist (which eventually necessitated surgery to remove one inch of the small forearm bone), fractured ribs, cervical contusions,…