Employer's Obligation to Pay Award of Death Benefits Isn't Stayed during Pendency of Appeal

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that there is no automatic stay on an employer's obligation to pay death benefits to a worker's heirs while it is seeking judicial review of a board determination that the worker's death was compensable. Case: Nuessen v. Sutherlands, No. 111,417, 06/12/2015, published. Facts: Leslie Francis Nuessen suffered a fatal head injury in 2010 while working for Sutherlands. An administrative law judge determined that Nuessen's death was compensable, and the Workers' Compensation Board upheld this decision. Three days after the board ruled, Nuess...