Jurado v. Popejoy Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This is a workers compensation appeal involving the constitutionality of a statute limiting nonresident alien dependents’ death benefits to $750. Under the Workers Compensation Act, all other dependents’ death benefits are fixed in an amount not to exceed $200,000. The trial court upheld the constitutionality of the statute. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with our opinion.

On August 21, 1990, 39-year-old Fermín A. Jurado, a resident alien of Mexico, died as a result of massive head injuries he received while working…