Griffin v. Drivers Management, Inc.

I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion reversing the review panel’s determination concerning Griffin’s average weekly wage. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-126 (Reissue 2004) defines “wages” in two respects relevant to the case before us.

The first definition in § 48-126 — “the money rate at which the service rendered is recompensed under the contract of hiring in *736force at the time of the accident” — simply takes a weekly salary, or a monthly or annual salary converted to its weekly equivalent, and utilizes that amount. Thus, if Griffin’s weekly salary at the time of the…