Cavco Industries v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

This Special Action — Industrial Commission challenges a determination by the hearing officer that the claimant, Irieda A. Minney, had sustained a permanent impairment to her left thumb, in addition to her left lower extremity, and was therefore entitled to receive compensation on an unscheduled rather than a scheduled basis. We set aside the award.

*437Claimant suffered a fractured patella of her left leg and strained ligaments of the left thumb in an industrial accident on March 18,1974. Her claim for benefits was accepted by the carrier on April 16, 1974. Four years later, on…