Claim of Michaels v. J. H. Friedman Binding & Trimming Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed August 12, 1974, which affirmed an award of compensation based upon an average weekly wage of $725 per week. It is undisputed that the claimant worked as a salesman for the employer-appellant herein, and that on September 14, 1971 he suffered a compensable injury in the course of such employment. The employer was in the business of manufacturing and selling bias binding and trimming to the ladies’ and children’s garment trade. During the period of his employment with appellant, claimant was also a partner in and a salesman for…