· 7/28/1981
United Riggers Erectors v. Industrial Commission
Citations
- 640 P.2d 189
- 131 Ariz. 258
- 1981 Ariz. App. LEXIS 627
How courts have described this case
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- awarding benefits because incarceration was not voluntary removal from job market and there was no legislation taking away these benefits
- awarding benefits because incarceration was not voluntary removal from job market and there was no legislation taking away these benefits
- incarceration of employee neither excused him from complying with the requirements of the workers' compensation statutes nor precluded him from receiving benefits if he satisfied his burden of proof
- because Arizona Legislature did not enact any statute expressly prohibiting payment of disability benefits to incarcerated employees, the court held injured employee should still receive benefits because incarceration did not constitute voluntary removal from job market
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Judges: O'Connor, Wren, Froeb
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