Kentucky Supreme Court December 16, 1999, No. 99-SC-0360-WC (Huff v. Smith Trucking)

OPINION OF THE COURT

The sole issue presented by this workers’ compensation appeal concerns the proper method for calculating the average weekly wage of a worker who was employed for fewer than 13 weeks when he was injured. KRS 342.140(l)(e).

Claimant worked regularly as an underground coal miner until he was laid off in December, 1992.