Yearly Wages Won't Include Debt Repayment Work

Work to repay a debt does not constitute special circumstances or grounds to re-evaluate the claimant's average weekly wage, an Ohio court of appeals ruled. In Yester v. Industrial Commission of Ohio and Dollar Tree Stores, 06AP-866, 05/24/2007, the Court of Appeals in the Ohio 10th Appellate District agreed with the magistrate's holding that the value of Camala J. Yester's work on her father's farm to repay a debt did not warrant a writ of mandamus to recalculate her average weekly wage. The claimant contended she was paid "wages" while working on her father's farm. In State ex rel. Ho...