Magma Copper Company v. Industrial Commission

UDALL, Chief Justice.

The petitioner, Magma Copper Company, herein referred to as employer, is before this Court on a writ of certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Commission to Gilbert Hoyos, herein referred to as employee.

The employer contends that the Commission’s finding that employee suffered a 54.58% loss of earning capacity as a result of his injury and disability, is not based upon competent evidence but rather on conjecture or guesswork.

Employee was injured while working as a miner for employer on February 12, 1961. He sustained a traumatic amputation of his right leg at the…