Linda Bell v. Ica/ Maricopa Cty/ Pinnacle Risk

Vice Chief Justice PELANDER,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 As part of Arizona’s workers’ compensation statutes, AR.S. § 23-1062(B) directs when an injured employee becomes entitled to compensation for lost wages due to a work-related injury and how such compensation is payable thereafter. We hold that the waiting period for compensation set forth in § 23-1062(B) applies to claims for all types of disability, including both temporary partial disability (“TPD”) under AR.S. § 23-1044(A) and temporary total disability (“TTD”) under A.R.S. § 23-1045(A). We further hold that § 23-1062(B) does not require…