Martin v. Beverage Capital Corp.

CHASANOW, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to settle a dispute as to the identity of the payment source upon which a surviving spouse, in a workers’ compensation death benefits case, must continue to be dependent in order to receive additional benefits after the initial maximum award of $45,000 has been paid out. Specifically, we are called upon to determine whether the phrase “continues to be wholly dependent,” as found in Maryland Code (1991 Repl.Vol.), Labor and Employment Article, § 9-681 (d), 1 refers to an ongoing dependency on the deceased worker’s wages or the generally lesser…