Claim of Ednie v. Five Star Beverage Co.

Appeal by the employer and carrier from an award of disability compensation. Claimant worked five days per week as a. school teacher and one day per week (Saturday) as a route salesman for the employer appellant. In the latter employment he sustained an accidental 100% permanent loss of vision of the right eye, for which a schedule award has been made. The only issue raised concerns the method used by the board in arriving at claimant’s average weekly wage. The board determined that claimant’s average daily wage in the subject employment was $16.34. It then computed the average weekly wage by…