Katsoris v. South Jersey Publishing Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Petitioner was employed on a part-time basis, working in that employment substantially less than a so-called normal, forty-hour week. She also held separate, full-time employment. Petitioner sustained compensable injuries arising out of her part-time employment when she was involved in an automobile accident.

Although the accident arose out of her part-time employment, the Workers’ Compensation Court determined that petitioner’s compensation should be based on her actual wages earned in her part-time…