DeRosa v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Phillip R. Rumsey, J.

In April 1995, a tragic automobile accident took the lives of *88petitioner’s decedent, Donald F. DeRosa, and his co-worker, Mark J. Petrylak. The accident occurred when Petrylak drove the vehicle (in which DeRosa was a passenger) across the center line of the highway and collided with two cars traveling in the opposite direction. Both men died at the scene. After the accident, petitioner, DeRosa’s wife, applied for death benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Law, under the theory that her husband had been killed as a result of an accident that…