Sheena H. for Russell H. v. W. Va. Ofc. of the Insurance Commissioner/Amfire, LLC

Justice KETCHUM: ■

Petitioner, Sheena H. (“Ms. H.”), on the behalf of her six-year-old granddaughter (“L.H.”), appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review, denying dépendent’s death benefits for the death of L.H.’s father, Russell H.1 The Board of Review based its denial on Ms. H. not filing her application within six months after Mr: H’s death.

Ms. H. argues that there was no indication that the death of L.H.’s father was work-related until eight months after, his death, when the Chief Medical Examiner’s autopsy report was completed and made available to her. She asserts that…