Crane v. D.M. Weston Co., Inc.

This petition for compensation is before the court on petitioner’s appeal from a’ decree which fixed his weekly compensation at $9.51. The determinative question presented is whether the Superior Court adopted the correct method to fix the amount to be paid petitioner.

October 9, 1931, petitioner, while employed as a rigger by respondent, was so seriously injured that it was necessary for him to have surgical and medical treatment at a hospital for about five months. He duly claimed compensation.

Petitioner testified that October 5, respondent’s agent, Mr. Weston, agreed to pay him $30 a week…