Maricopa County Neighborhood Youth Corps v. Industrial Commission

I dissent from the opinion on the basis of my previous specially concurring opinion in Beasley v. Industrial Commission, 15 Ariz.App. 394, 489 P.2d 57 (1971), which was vacated by our Supreme Court in Beasley v. Industrial Commission, 108 Ariz. 391, 499 P.2d 106 (1972). Justice Lockwood, writing for a unanimous court, stated that the computation is always based on the employee’s average monthly wage “at the time of injury” and ruled that a minor’s compensation must be paid retroactively to the date of injury. That date is the base date in determining compensation and, in my opinion, the date…