Lead v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Anzon Lead (Employer) petitions for review of an August 13, 2001 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming, as modified, the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant the fatal claim petition filed by Ellen Superfine (Claimant), widow *433of Glen Sexton (Decedent).1 The WCAB modified the award of benefits by allocating fifty-one percent to Claimant and nine percent to Decedent’s son. We affirm.

On May 2, 1994, Decedent suffered a work-related back injury while working as a chemist for Employer.2 On June 1,1994, Employer issued a…