Claim of Craig v. Western Electric Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 11,1980, which held that the employer was not entitled to reimbursement for benefits paid to claimant under the provisions of decedent’s employee benefit plan. Decedent was employed by the Western Electric Company, Inc., and participated in a death benefit plan provided by the company. Under its terms, if death occurred as a result of sickness not related to employment his *710beneficiary would receive a maximum of one year’s salary, but if death occurred as a result of accidental injury arising out of employment his…