Pilgrim v. Eaton

This appeal presents two questions related to workers’ compensation. The first is the factual question of whether Rufus Revis is the statutory employer of the claimant, Danny Pilgrim. The answer to this question determines the jurisdiction of the workers’ compensation commission. The second is whether the commission committed an error of law in its method of calculating Pilgrim’s average weekly wage. We affirm the commission on the first question, but reverse and remand on the second.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Danny Pilgrim worked for years as a maintenance worker at an apartment complex…