Bonnin v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Judge.

The matter which is presented to this Court, in relation to the review of the Award entered by the Industrial Commission of Arizona allowing death benefits to the minor children named in the caption of this opinion, concerns the proper interpretation of the Arizona Statutes as to the percentage of deceased’s income which should be awarded to minor children where there is a living potential beneficiary in a preferred classification who could have taken but did not take. The Industrial Commission awarded each child 15%, or a total of 30%, whereas the petitioners urge that there…