Claim of Koponen v. H. Z. Altberg, Inc.

At the time of his injury and death the decedent was a journeyman electrician. He had not worked in the same employment during substantially the whole of the preceding year. In the same type of work, but in a different class, and in other employment, he had earned $952.40. The Industrial Board computed Ms annual earning capacity under subdivision 3 of section 14 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. TMs was done by adding decedent’s earnings to those of two other journeyman electricians in the same locality during the preceding year, and dividing the total by three. In tMs way the Board…