WINGS WEST AIRLINES et al. , Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and DEPARTMENT oF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Respondents. The employer, Wings West Airlines (Wings West), and its workers' compensation carrier, Transport Insurance Company (collectively [187 Cal. App. 3d 1050] employer), timely seek review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) after reconsideration, finding that since the sister of the deceased employee had not qualified as a partial dependent (Lab. The employee, Paul Nebolon, born in 1956, was employed in California by Wings west as a pilot when he sustained injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment that resulted in his death on August 24, 1984. In a telephone conversation in July, Nebolon promised to help Luckenbach but did not specify any amount. At Nebolon's funeral, Luckenbach learned from her mother that Nebolon had told their parents he planned to contribute $135 a month.

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