State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Calkins

SAIF petitions for review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order awarding claimant, who is permanently and totally disabled, $5 per week for two of his children who are over age 18 and are attending college. The issue is whether the statute in effect at the time of the injury defined “beneficiary” to include a child over age 18 who is attending college. We reverse.

Claimant was injured in 1976 and was awarded permanent total disability. The ages of his three children are 23, 21 and 19. Two of the children are attending school; the other is self-employed. SAIF reduced claimant’s award by $5 per…