Where death results from a work-related injury within 300 weeks from the date of the injury, weekly workers' compensation benefits and burial expenses are provided to certain dependents, including a surviving spouse, children under 18, and adult dependent children. If the worker is not survived by a spouse or dependent children, benefits may be claimed by parents, brothers, and sisters under certain conditions. A deceased person. In a workers' compensation case, the defendant is the employer, the insurance carrier, and, in certain cases, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In workers' compensation cases, some claimants may need to prove dependency before collecting death benefits.
Dependency involves reliance on the decedent in order to meet living expenses.
This Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry supervises the administration of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act . Testimony of a witness taken under oath, but not in a courtroom. May be used to discover evidence prior to trial or to preserve testimony for use in court at a later time. Direct examination . The questioning of a witness by the direct examiner or the party that called the witness.