GRIFFIN PIPE PRODUCTS CO. v. GUARINO

No. 02-0655.

663 N.W.2d 862 (2003)

GRIFFIN PIPE PRODUCTS CO., Appellee, v. Sam GUARINO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob J. Peters of Peters Law Firm, P.C., Council Bluffs, for appellant.

John M. Burns of Burns Law Firm, Omaha, Nebraska, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

What impact does a semi-annual plant shutdown have on an injured employee's rate of compensation for purposes of workers' compensation benefits? In calculating the applicable rate in this case, the chief deputy workers' compensation commissioner disregarded a two-week plant closure that occurred during the thirteen-week base period and substituted two weeks during which the employee worked. The district court and court of appeals disagreed with this...

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