Globe Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

This review by certiorari questions the lawfulness of an award by the Industrial Commission of Arizona, finding that respondent had a compensable claim for silicosis. Specifically, three questions are presented: (1) was respondent exposed to silicon dioxide dust in his work for the petitioner employer; (2) was that work the proximate cause of respondent’s contraction of silicosis; (3) was respondent required to show that his silicosis disabled him from all work or just from returning to his former employment.

Our resolution of the third issue pertaining to total disability…