The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a union pipe fitter’s average weekly wage from a project where he was injured.
Merck Pharmaceutical contracted with Jacobs Project Management Co. to serve as the general contractor on a construction project in Durham. Jacobs hired Southland Industries Inc. as a subcontractor. Southland was a signatory contractor with Local 421 in Durham, which required it to hire union members.
Travis Taylor is a journeyman pipe fitter and union member assigned to Southland for work on the Merck project. Taylor received an email from the uni...
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