State Compensation Fund v. Stanke

OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

On this review by certiorari of an award entered by the respondent Commission, a question is presented as to the maximum amount which may be awarded to a surviving widow as a death benefit for the burial expenses of her deceased husband.

At the time the husband suffered his industrial injury in 1958, A.R.S. § 23-1046, subsections A(l) and D, read as follows:

“A. In case of an injury causing death, the compensation therefor shall be known as a death benefit, and shall be payable in the amount, for the period, and to and for the benefit of the persons following:

“1.…