Fleischer v. McKenica Corp.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 23, 2002, which ruled, inter alia, that Travelers Insurance Company is the proper workers’ compensation carrier liable for awards to decedent.

On August 26, 1997, Paul Fleischer (hereinafter decedent), an employee of McKenica Corporation (hereinafter the employer), died while on a business trip to China. In August 1999, decedent’s widow filed a claim for workers’ compensation death benefits on behalf of herself and their two minor children. The Workers’ Compensation Board sent form EC-84.1 to the purported…