Goodyear Aircraft Corp. v. Industrial Commission

BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.

The basic question presented in this case is whether an employee, whose employer was insured against liability for the payment of accident benefits and compensation under Arizona’s Workmen’s Compensation Law, A.R.S. § 23-901 et seq., is entitled to an award for scheduled permanent partial disability for an injury causing a partial loss of hearing when there was evidence tending to show a previous hearing loss not occasioned by an injury.

The respondent-claimant Segobiano, while in the employ of the petitioner Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, suffered a loss of…