Jamison v. Churchill Truck Lines, Inc.

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a circuit court judgment affirming a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) denying workmen’s compensation death benefits to appellant. The thirty-six year marriage of appellant and decedent was dissolved on September 23,1976, slightly more than a month before the accident which cost decedent his life. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant’s sole claim is that the Commission and the circuit court erred in ruling that the divorced spouse of a deceased person is not entitled to workmen’s compensation death benefits. Appellant…