Scott v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

In this review of an Industrial Commission award, we are called upon to reconsider the prior decisions of this Court holding that tips regularly and customarily received by an employee directly from customers are excluded from the computation of “average monthly wage” for purposes of determining workmen’s compensation. Springer v. Industrial Comm’n, 23 Ariz.App. 429, 533 P.2d 1166 (1975); Industrial Comm’n v. Jordan, 9 Ariz.App. 23, 448 P.2d 895 (1968).

This case arises from the claim of petitioner, Sandra Elaine Scott, who was employed as a taxicab driver for…