Legal Opinion
Aitken v. Industrial Commission
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1995No. CV-92-0257-PRPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZLAKET, Justice.
Petitioner, Faith Aitken, while in the scope of her employment with Amphitheater School District, was seriously injured when she fell in an area where a sidewalk had been removed by Maya Construction Company. She filed a workers’ compensation claim and received $28,929.70 in benefits from her employer’s carrier, Unigard Insurance Co. She also filed a third party suit against Maya, which responded by alleging her contributory negligence and naming the school district a nonparty at fault.
A jury in the third party action assessed total damages of $319,292 and apportioned…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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