Western Gas Processing Co. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of State

Opinion by

Chief Judge STERNBERG.

Petitioners seek review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) determining that workers’ compensation death benefits awarded to the two daughters of decedent, Mark A. Wheeler, would continue beyond the age of eighteen so long as the children were full-time students at an accredited school. We affirm.

At the time of the work-related injury, both children were under the age of eighteen and thus, under § 8~50-101(l)(b), C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol. 6B), were presumed wholly dependent on the deceased. At the time of the award, Maureen C. Wheeler,…