Simple enough of a topic, right?  Well, after writing for a while, and then writing some more, it became clear that this issue, like almost every issue in New York workers’ compensation claims may be basic, but it nevertheless carries around a lot of baggage in the form of rules, exceptions to rules, unique circumstances and even sometimes exceptions to exceptions of rules.  The legal aspects of calculating and setting an AWW don’t fit into a neat box, and the topic sprawls without any hope of control.