Nelson v. O'Neil Amusements

The sole issue raised upon this appeal by the employee from a decision of the Industrial Commission is whether a finding that he was employed at a weekly wage of $50 is supported by competent evidence.

The employee was hired as an unskilled carnival laborer assigned to work on a merry-go-round. During the first week of his employment with respondent-employer, he suffered crippling bums resulting in permanent total disability. Prior thereto, he was paid a total of $9 by way of an advance of $3 per day for meals. He testified that when he was hired by one identified only as “Slim,” he was…