2nd DCA to Consider Complex Death Benefits Dispute

An appellate court will consider whether the City of Los Angeles is entitled to a credit for a $104,208 payment it made to the estate of the city's first female firefighter to die in the line of duty, in a case involving an alleged statutory conflict.The 2nd District Court of Appeal has granted the City of Los Angeles' petition for a writ of review of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) panel decision that held that there was no statutory conflict between former Labor Code section 4702(a)(6) and current Labor Code section 4706.5. In its decision, the WCAB held that the cit...