Twentieth Century Furniture, Inc. v. Labor & Industrial Relations Appeal Board

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

On May 7, 1966, Gerald S. Morita, aged 19, while performing Ms duties as an employee of appellant Twentieth Century Furniture, Inc., injured the thumb and forefinger of his right hand by cutting them with a power saw. At the time of the injury Morita was earning an average weekly wage of $56.00. The employer, through its insurance carrier, began payment of a weekly benefit of $37.33, computed as 66 2/3% of the injured employee’s average weekly wage at the time of the injury. Over one year later, on July 28, 1967, at a hearing held before C. W. Chong,…