Sandahl v. James A. Slack, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding Stephanie Sandahl survivorship benefits of $211.77 per week. We reverse and remand.

*209The only issue on appeal is whether periods of forced idleness should be excluded when calculating the compensation rate for beneficiaries of a deceased fulltime employee.

Michael Sandahl was killed on November 1, 1984 when his log truck overturned on an icy highway west of Kalispell. He was 33 years old at the time of his death and is survived by his wife Stephanie and two children.

Sandahl began his employment with James A. Slack,…