Hutchinson v. Tri-State Motor Transit Co.

Appellant Ormond W. Hutchinson, as the surviving husband of Mary Elizabeth Hutchinson, filed a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Law against respondent Tri-State Motor Transit Company, her self-insured employer, seeking death benefits arising out of her death which occurred on July 28, 1983, in California. Mrs. Hutchinson was working under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law. The claimant and his wife were over-the-road truck drivers and drove as a team. Claimant was the owner of the tractor-trailer which he leased to Tri-State.

The Labor & Industrial Relations Commission…