Vinyard v. Industrial Commission

LOCKWOOD, Chief Justice:

This case is before us on a petition for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 11 Ariz.App. 551, 466 P.2d 770, setting aside an award of the Arizona Industrial Commission. The opinion of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the award of the Industrial Commission is set aside.

Harmon Vinyard, hereinafter referred to as claimant, was employed by the Bar-D Corporation as a carpenter at a base rate of $4.50 per hour, forty hours a week — the equivalent of $792 per month. On May 5, 1966, after working for only two days, he suffered a compensable injury resulting in an…