Maricopa County Neighborhood Youth Corps v. Industrial Commission

*351OPINION

HAIRE, Chief Judge, Division 1.

On this review of an award entered by the Industrial Commission in a workmen’s compensation proceeding, the issue presented is one of first impression for this jurisdiction, namely, when applying A.R.S. § 23-1042 to a situation involving a minor who has sustained a permanently incapacitating injury, should the minor’s average monthly earning capacity be determined by looking forward to what the minor himself would have been able to earn upon his actual attainment of age 21, or should it be determined based upon the earnings at the time of the injury of a…