Richard Beavers Constr., Inc. v. Wagstaff

Panel: Meredith, Berger, Arthur, JJ. *

Arthur, J.

*4 Under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act, employees who suffer disabling injuries in work-related accidents receive compensation to help offset their lost earning capacity. The amount of compensation is determined as a percentage of the employee's "average weekly wage" at the time of the accident.

This appeal concerns the proper determination of the average weekly wage for an employee who became disabled in a workplace accident just six weeks after he was hired to work full time at a construction company. As a result of inclement weather, he…