Mother Establishes Partial Dependency

The mother of a worker who died in a work-related motor vehicle accident was a partial dependent of the decedent and is therefore entitled to workers' compensation death benefits, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held. The case was Wyoming Valley Health Care Systems v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, 2109 C.D. 2006, 04/09/2007. The daughter of Candida Kalwaytis was fatally injured in December 2003 in a motor vehicle accident that occurred in the course and scope of her employment with Wyoming Valley Health Care Systems. The decedent had worked for eight years with Wyoming Valle...