Johnson v. D. B. Rosenblatt, Inc.

Knutson, Chief Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to petitioner.

Petitioner was employed by relator D. B. Rosenblatt, Inc., on April 20, 1959, as a seamstress. Her contract of hire called for a 5-day week, with wages to be determined on a piecework basis, subject to a guarantee of $1 per hour. She was injured on the first day of the third week that she was employed. No record was kept of the daily output of employee, but earnings were calculated on a weekly basis. She worked 4Vi days during the first week and earned a total of $26.55 from…