Hardy Johnson v. Theodore Britton, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, United States Department of Labor

I agree with the opinion of the court in rejecting appellant’s claim that he was entitled to reimbursement of certain medical expenses.

As to the amount of compensation awarded I do not agree. It appears that during the period of one year next preceding the injury appellant worked about 196 days during more than 43 weeks. The total possible days of employment for a five-day week were 261. Because of the nature of appellant’s employment, which was on outside construction jobs, somewhat less than fifty per cent of his working time consisted of five-day weeks, the balance consisting of three or…