Bone v. Saturn Corp.

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, HI, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., and ALLEN WILSON WALLACE, Sp. J., joined.

In this workers’ compensation case, the employer, Saturn Corporation, has appealed the trial court’s award of benefits based on a weekly compensation rate calculated as of the date the employee last worked due to a gradually occurring injury. The employer contends that an employee’s compensation rate should not be determined as of the date the employee last worked due to a gradually occurring injury when the…