Uninsured Employer's Fund v. Thrush

This is a workers’ compensation case involving an employee who was hired to work only one day for a total wage of $42 and was killed after working a portion of the day. The case has twice been before the Workers’ Compensation Commission (the Commission) and the Court of Appeals. In the second round, the Commission awarded the employee’s widow and minor child compensation at a weekly rate of $160, based upon an average weekly wage of $240. The Court of Appeals affirmed the award. Finding that the case involves matters of significant precedential value, we awarded an appeal to the Uninsured…