Redland v. Nelson's Quality Eggs, Inc.

YETKA, Justice.

The employer and insurer appeal from the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals’ determination that the widow is not a dependent entitled to receive benefits under any government survivor program and thus is entitled to full workers’ compensation benefits.

We affirm, reversing and remanding only as to the method of calculation.

The issues raised in this appeal are as follows:

1. When a widow receives “mother’s insurance benefits” pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 402(g) (1976), is she receiving benefits under any government survivor program within the meaning of Minn.Stat. § 176.111, subd.…