Legal Opinion

Denim Finishers, Inc. v. Baker

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided July 22, 1988No. 87-CA-2372-SPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWERTON, Chief Judge.

Denim Finishers, Inc., and the Special Fund appeal from a judgment of the Bell Circuit Court increasing the Workers’ Compensation Board’s award to Rosie Baker. They claim that the court erred in calculating Baker’s average weekly wage pursuant to KRS 342.140(l)(d) and by substituting its judgment for that of the Board on an issue of fact. We disagree and affirm.

Baker was employed by Denim Finishers to press pants and was paid $3.45 per hour *216for 40 hours per week. If Baker pressed more than 350 pairs of pants during her 40-hour week, she received six cents for each pair…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. R. C. Durr Co. v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1978

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McAdam v. United Parcel Service & Helmsman Management Services, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
  2. Gap v. CurtisKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Dittman v. Rapid City School DistrictSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2022

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