Harjo v. Special Indemnity Fund

BUETTNER, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Petitioner Cecil Harjo, administrator of the estate of Abbey Harjo (Administrator), appeals from an order of a three-judge panel of the Workers’ Compensation Court which affirmed an order of the trial court. The trial court order found that any accrued potential award of compensation abated on the death of the claimant Abbey Harjo.

¶2 The record in the instant case indicates that Harjo filed a Form 3 August 9, 1994, alleging cumulative trauma to the right hand and left hand and arm with a date of last exposure of August 5, 1994. The Workers’ Compensation Court…