3rd DCA to Decide Widow's Entitlement to Benefits for Husband's Suicide

California's 3rd District Court of Appeal has agreed to weigh in on whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board needed to address a widow's entitlement to death benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System before deciding her entitlement to compensation for her late-husband's suicide. Gregory Thompson had worked as a corrections officer at the High Desert State Prison until an attack by an inmate wielding a makeshift knife left him permanently partially disabled in February 2011. He was unable to continue working as a corrections officer because o...