Jacobsen v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Judge.

The issue to be determined is whether an erroneous determination of the petitioner’s average monthly wage had become res judicata.

The petitioner, at the time of her injury on 4 February 1966, was a teacher with a 9-month contract which called for a gross salary of $7,302.00 for the school year. This sum, divided by 12, results in the figure of $608.50. The same sum divided by 9 results in the figure of $811.33. The Arizona Supreme Court in Powell v. Industrial Commission, 104 Ariz. 257, 451 P.2d 37 (1969), decided the proper method for determining the average monthly wage under…