Roberts v. McNair Law Firm

STILWELL, J.:

Carol Roberts appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the workers’ compensation commission’s decision to calculate her compensation rate without considering merit raises she received after her injury. Additionally, Roberts appeals the decision to count “half weeks” of work against the allocated recovery period. We affirm.1

*52FACTS

Roberts was employed at the McNair Law Firm as a paralegal. On October 1, 1998, she tripped over a box of files and suffered a herniated disk. After an initial period of treatment, she was admitted to the hospital where a surgeon performed a laminectomy…