King v. Werner Continental, Inc.

The widow of an employee seeks review of a denial of payment of compensation for permanent partial disability suffered by her deceased husband. He died from causes unrelated to the original injury during the time he was receiving temporary total disability payments. We affirm.

Decedent, David W. King, was awarded on December 11, 1972, temporary total disability for a work-incurred injury. On August 1, 1973, decedent expired of causes totally unrelated to the work injury. On September 7,1973, his treating physician, who had testified at the hearing, wrote a letter giving an opinion that…