Struck & Irwin Fuel Co. v. Industrial Commission

The interlocutory award challenged in this action was made by the Industrial Commission upon an examiner’s report that the defendant Johnson, while in the employment of the plaintiff, Struck & Irwin Fuel Company, sustained total temporary disability on October 12, 1935, for which he was entitled to be paid compensation, computed on the basis of average weekly earnings of $28.75. The only ultimate issue at the time of making the award and now on this appeal is what amount shall be held to be Johnson’s average weekly earnings, as a basis for computing his compensation for the disability. The…