Californa Compensation & Fire Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Max S. Colston, a general construction laborer and jack hammer driller, was employed for less than two weeks on a school construction project when he injured his left foot. The Industrial Accident Commission found that the injury caused temporary total disability and awarded him the maximum payment of $65 per week for such disability.

*599Colston began work on the project on Tuesday, January 3, 1961, just as it was getting under way. He did not work on January 4 and worked only four hours on January 5. His wage rate at first $3.08 and then $3.29 per hour and his uninterrupted employment during the…