Hendricks v. Anaconda Co.

In October 1971 claimant Camden Hendricks was injured in an industrial accident while employed in a mine of defendant The Anaconda Company (Anaconda). He submitted a claim for compensation. Anaconda accepted it and began paying temporary total disability benefits, and continued until claimant’s death in November 1973. The parties here stipulated the cause of death was unrelated to the industrial injury.

Claimant’s widow requested a lump sum disability payment that was denied by Anaconda and subsequently, on appeal, by the Worker’s Compensation Division. Claimant’s widow appealed the decision…