Legal Opinion
Wings West Airlines v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 11, 1986No. A034754PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BARRY-DEAL, J.
The employer, Wings West Airlines (Wings West), and its workers’ compensation carrier, Transport Insurance Company (col lectively employer), timely seek review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) after reconsideration, finding that since the sister of the deceased employee had not qualified as a partial dependent (Lab. Code, § 3502), 1 an amount equal to the total dependency death benefit ($70,000) was payable to respondent, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, as Administrator of the Non-Dependent Death Unit (Director),…
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