Dutra v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona

CAMERON, Justice.

We granted James E. Dutra’s petition for review of an opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One, which affirmed the Industrial Commission’s award of scheduled benefits under A.R.S. § 23-1044(B)(21). We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-120.24, and Rule 23, Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 17A A.R.S.

We must answer only one question on appeal: Must scheduled disabilities under our workmen’s compensation statute be rated exclusively in terms of physical functional impairment, without reference to the occupation in which the claimant is engaged at the time…