Magnet Cove School District v. Barnett

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Magnet Cove School

District and Risk Management Resources appeal the order of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, finding that the appellee’s average weekly wage should be calculated by dividing her salary by thirty-nine weeks and not fifty-two weeks. For reversal, appellants argue that the Commission erred by failing to divide her salary by fifty-two weeks. We disagree and affirm.

Appellee, Shirley Barnett, entered into an employment contract as a teacher with appellant Magnet Cove School District. The contract provided that appellee work 188 days 1…