Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Williams

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company (C&P) appeals from an Industrial Commission (commission) decision which awarded Archie S. Williams (claimant) temporary total compensation due to mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while claimant was employed by C&P. The award of $344 per week equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage that claimant earned during the last year of his employment with C&P. C&P asserts that the commission should have based the award on an average weekly wage of $215.73, the amount that claimant was earning while working for Frederick County…