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Case Name Jenkins v. WCAB
Date 05/29/1975
Note Commutation of death benefit appropriate where beneficiary terminally ill.
Citation 48 Cal.App.3d 570, 40 CCC 329
WCC Citation WCC 24241975 CA
ELDA E. JENKINS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT et al. , Respondents (Opinion by Taylor, P. J. , with Kane and Rouse, JJ. , concurring. )COUNSEL Maurice S. Marcus and Richard A. Hellesto for Petitioner. T. Groezinger, James J. Vonk, George S. Bjornsen and Robert A. The policy expressed in Labor Code section 3202 applies equally to 'the courts' and to the board (Gross v. Workmen's Comp. The policy seems frequently overlooked by the board (Gross, supra, p. 403).

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