State Compensation Fund v. Reed

HAIRE, Judge.

On this appeal by certiorari from an award of the Industrial Commission, the Court is required to consider the legality of the Commission’s award to the widow of a deceased workman, which reinstated the payment of monthly death benefits previously discontinued because of the widow’s remarriage.

A.R.S. § 23-1046 1 provides for the award of certain death benefits to the survivors of a deceased workman whose death was caused by a compensable injury. Pursuant to the provisions of that statute, the respondent herein, Barbara J. Reed as the surviving widow of the deceased workman, was…