All Star Coach, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

NELSON, Presiding Judge.

This case presents one question for decision : may an injury which results from an accident which itself occurred prior in point of time to another accident also resulting in an industrial injury, be a “subsequent injury” for purposes of A.R.S. § 23-1044 E, so as to result in a general or unscheduled disability when the two injuries, otherwise scheduled in nature, are combined? The hearing officer answered this question in the affirmative and awarded an unscheduled permanent partial award. We agree and affirm the award.

The operative facts in the case are not in…