Barncord v. Kansas Department of Transportation & State Self-Insurance Fund

Abbott, J.:

This is a workers’ compensation case. The real issue presented in this appeal involves the question of whether pursuant to a settlement agreement there can be compensation due a claimant when no award for compensation had been entered prior to the death of claimant from causes unrelated to the injury under consideration.

The appellants are the widow and children (sole heirs) of the deceased claimant, Elmer E. Barncord, Jr. The claimant sustained injury on October 2,1975, in the course of his employment with the Kansas Department of Transportation and never returned to work. Claimant…