Grier v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an order of the Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission (wcac) on remand affirming an order granting plaintiff’s decedent a closed award of worker’s compensation benefits during his period of total disability immediately following his injury. We affirm.

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The decedent was an attorney who worked for defendant as a dock laborer. While at work in November 1989, he suffered a heart attack. He subsequently filed an application for worker’s compensation benefits, listing no dependents on his application. Similarly, the parties stipulated at trial in 1992…