Johnson v. Barnhill Contracting Co.

LEWIS, Judge.

This is a dispute over entitlement to workers’ compensation death benefits and the computation of the deceased employee’s average weekly wage.

William Eugene Johnson, III (“employee”) died on 11 February 1993 as a result of a workplace accident that occurred while he was working for defendant Barnhill Contracting Company (“Barnhill”). Prior to working for Barnhill, he worked for Outer Banks Contractors (“OBC”) as a construction supervisor from 2 May 1988 until his discharge on 2 October 1992. While at OBC he earned a weekly wage of *57$865 except for a period of time during which he…