Saukkola v. Airtex Industries

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals wherein certain issues concerning the coordination of social security and workers’ compensation benefits between a widow and a child dependent and benefits payable to a child after the remarriage of a surviving spouse were decided. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The following statement of facts by the relator is uncontested:

On March 14, 1977 Paul B. Saukkola was employed by Airtex Industries as a materials handler, and his wage for purposes of the Minnesota workers’ compensation law was…