Smith v. Industrial Commission of Arizona

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Petitioner Clyde C. Smith, an airman in the United States Air Force stationed at Yuma, Arizona, sustained injuries while working on the evening shift for respondent Whitman Seed Company. The accident occurred on August 9, 1956, six days after petitioner started to work for Whitman. A claim for compensation was filed with respondent The Industrial Commission soon after the accident. On April 24, 1958, the Commission entered its award for Scheduled Permanent Disability. Two findings in that award are of importance here:

Finding No. 5 — “That the average monthly wage of said…