Claim of Quicksall v. Hubbard & Floyd, Inc.

Appeal by employer and carrier. The total loss of use of the left eye is not questioned. The wage rate is the only question raised. The Board has fixed claimant’s weekly wage at not *822less than $3-7.50 and has computed the award at $25 (two-thirds thereof), the highest rate permitted. This computation is made upon the wages of another employee as the claimant had not worked substantially the whole of the year. Claimant had worked five weeks at the time of the accident at seventy cents an hour, eight hours a day for a six-day week, weekly wages $28.60 (exclusive of overtime). Langhorst, an…