Earnings from School Bus Driver's Summer Job Should Have Been Included in Her AWW

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an injured school bus driver should have had her earnings from her summer job included in the calculation of her average weekly wage. Case: Thomas v. Fulton County Board of Education, No. A14A2057, 03/30/2015, published. Facts: Merita Thomas worked as a school bus driver for the Fulton County Board of Education. She would only actually drive a bus nine months out of the year, while school was in session, but her salary was paid out over the course of 12 months. During the nine-month school year, her hourly wage was $18.63, and her hourly contract ...