Norton v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

In this case we are faced with applying the Arizona Supreme Court’s opinion in Dutra v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, 135 Ariz. 59, 659 P.2d 18 (1983) to scheduled injuries, where the claimant is unable to perform all of his pre-injury employment functions.

At the time of his injury, the claimant, Leonard C. Norton, was employed as a sheetmetal and air conditioning worker: Because of his injuries, which resulted in a 10% functional loss of use of his major left arm1, the claimant was unable to perform certain aspects of the sheetmetal work.

At time of injury,…