Craft v. Bill Clark Construction Co.

GREENE, Judge.

Bill Clark Construction Company (employer) and Selective Insurance Company (collectively defendants) appeal the Opinion and Award for the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) requiring that defendants compensate Billy Craft (plaintiff) at a rate of $189.00 per week.

At the hearing to resolve plaintiffs average weekly wage, evidence was presented showing that plaintiff worked for employer when the employer needed jobs done and not on a full-time basis. Plaintiff was paid by the job according to the work he was doing at a particular time. In performing the work in…