SAIF Corp. v. Ekdahl

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that included claimant’s patronage dividends in the wages that were used to calculate her temporary disability compensation. We affirm.

Claimant was a member of Burley Design Cooperative (Burley), a manufacturer of bicycles and bicycle accessories. She was injured in a 1996 car accident as she drove home from a work-related seminar. She suffered a cervical and right humerus strain in the accident. Employer accepted her claim and paid her temporary disability benefits. Claimant challenged the rate at which those benefits were…