Smith v. Industrial Commission of Arizona

UDALL, Chief Justice.

Certiorari to respondent Industrial Commission of Arizona to test the validity of a final award of the commission denying compensation to petitioner, Harold S. Smith, a 61-year-old electrician by trade.

Petitioner was an employee of Valley Sales & Service, Inc., respondent employer. On Thursday, April 14, 1955, an incident allegedly occurred at a job site north of Scottsdale where a work crew, which included the petitioner was engaged in laying conduit pipes. It is alleged that a portion of the trench bank caved in, causing dirt to fall on and around the petitioner, which,…