Medeiros v. Insurance Co. of North America

CARROLL, Justice.

Appellant sought maturation and lump sum payment of her workers’ compensation death benefit claim. The district court granted appellee’s motion to dismiss for want of subject matter jurisdiction. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

Appellant’s husband died in early 1980 because of an on the job accident. After *405filing a claim for death benefits with the Industrial Accident Board, appellant and her son began to receive weekly death benefit payments from appellee. Soon thereafter, appellant received a letter dated August 19, 1980, from a resident reviewer of…