Rooks v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

FENNER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Alberta M. Rooks, appeals the judgment of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the Commission), which denied appellant’s claim for death benefits for the death of her husband, Maurice Rooks. Maurice Rooks had been employed by respondent, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), since 1968. Maurice Rooks was first employed as a welder and then became a supervisor in 1976 or 1977.

On September 11, 1990, Maurice Rooks was notified that he was being furloughed by TWA.1 Maurice Rooks’ last day of work was on September 30,1990. Thereafter, on October 25, 1990,…