Boles v. Una Water District

In this worker’s compensation action, appellant was permanently and totally disabled in March 1980 while working as a' voluntary fireman. In determining appellant’s rate of compensation, the hearing commissioner computed appellant’s average weekly wages by combining the statutory salary for a voluntary fireman with the average weekly wages appellant earned at his regular job. The full Industrial Commission affirmed. The circuit court reversed, finding that appellant’s average weekly wages were limited to the statutory salary for a voluntary fireman provided in S. C. Code Ann. § 42-1-40 (1976).…