Survivors of Young v. Island Feeling, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

In this workers’ compensation death benefits case, Petitioner/Claimant-Appellant Shir-lyn Young (Petitioner) and her son, Bronson Young (Bronson) [hereinafter, collectively, Petitioners], as the survivors of the employee, the late Roy W.C. Young (Young), appealed the February 12, 2003 decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Board (LIR-AB), which used the date-of-injury maximum weekly benefit rate (MWBR) to calculate their death benefits as opposed to the date-of-death MWBR urged by Petitioners. On March 18, 2005, the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA)…