Ridgway v. Board of Ford County Commissioners

Brazil, J.:

This is a workers’ compensation case in which the Board of County Commissioners (Board) and the Great American Insurance Company (Great American) appeal the district court’s calculation of Harmon Ridgway’s average weekly wage and the court’s conclusion that Harmon Ridgway sustained a 40% permanent partial disability.

Harmon Ridgway worked for the Ford County Sheriffs Department as a civil process officer for eighteen years. As a process server, Harmon delivered summonses, subpoenas, and executions. Because Harmon used his own car to perform his duties as a process server, the county…