Faulkner v. Industrial Commission

DE CONCINI, Justice.

Harry W. Faulkner, petitioner, was employed by David B. Hartline and Vaughn S. McGuire as a “starter and flagman” at their auto race track known as State Speedway in Maricopa County. The first day he worked, March 14, 1948, he was struck by a skidding racing car and severely injured. He filed a claim and was allowed compensation on a temporary disability status under the policy his employers had with the Arizona Industrial Commission, hereinafter designated as the Commission. His salary was $10.00 per day. Had he worked each day the track operated from March 1947, the date…