Hixson v. Sears Roebuck Co.

In its Opinion and Award, the majority declines to combine plaintiff's earnings from both of the jobs in which she was employed at the time of her injury and only considers her part-time employment with defendant-employer in its wage and compensation rate calculation. As a result, plaintiff's wages from her full-time sewing position were not considered when calculating her average weekly wage, even though plaintiff was disabled from this work in an admittedly compensable work-related injury. This seems to me a profound unfairness and therefore I respectfully dissent.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(5)…