Rice ex rel. Rice v. Penny's Supermarkets & Travelers Insurance Co.

PETERSON, Justice.

The issue raised in this case is whether the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals properly construed Minn.Stat. § 176.-111, subd. 21 (1980) in determining, contrary to the compensation judge’s decision, that no offset of government survivor benefits against dependency compensation allocated to the deceased employee’s minor children was required. We reverse.

The underlying facts are not in dispute. Employee suffered a fatal injury on May 21, 1981, arising out of and in the course of his employment as a supermarket manager. His surviving dependents were his wife Vikki Rice…