Sandal v. Tallman Oil Co.

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal by Judith A. Sandal from a Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirmance of an order which determined that no further dependency benefits were payable on her claim. The claim had been accepted by the decedent Owen J. Sandal’s employer and insurer, 1 and pay ments had been made until Compensation Judge Joseph Murray ruled, upon approving attorneys fees, that the payments exceeded the maximum allowed under Minn.St. 176.-111, subd. 21 which applies to dependents who are also entitled to social security survivor benefits.

The employee’s widow urges that Judge…