Stena Hinkle v. A.B. Dick Company

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge.

Stena Hinkle appeals from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s order denying a joint motion to settle and commute her weekly death benefits award into a lump sum. The order is reversed, and the case is remanded with directions.

Factual Background

On May 17, 2004, Mrs. Hinkle’s husband, David Hinkle, died in an automobile accident while making a service call within the course and scope of his employment as a printing press service technician with A.B. Dick Co. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Hinkle filed a claim for compensation. In March 2007, based on…