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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. WORKERS' COMP. APP. BD.

Docket No. S.F. 23818.

23 Cal.3d 197 (1979)

589 P.2d 853

152 Cal. Rptr. 345

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James J. Vonk, Robert M. Jakob, Arthur Hershenson, Frank C. Evans and Robert A. La Porta for Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Corinne Lee Murphy, Talmadge R. Jones and Carol Hunter, Deputy Attorneys General, McCallum & McCallum, Donald G. McCallum and David C. Moody for Respondents.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

The California Department of Corrections petitions for review of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter WCAB) awarding death benefits to respondent Deanna Antrim. This court must decide whether the WCAB had the authority to award death benefits under Labor Code section 4701 et seq. to a deceased's minor child of a prior marriage when the deceased...

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