Wilkes v. Pittman

THOMAS, Justice.

The employee, Aaron Pittman, was injured while working as a plasterer. There was no arrangement between him and his employer about the number of hours he should work each day or the number of days he should work each week. At the time of the injury he had been employed for four weeks earning about $94 each week.

The lone issue is the propriety of the ruling fixing the average weekly wage but to resolve it, we must pass upon the validity of a rule adopted by the Florida Industrial Commission relative to computation of compensatory benefits for an employee who has, at the time of…