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ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. S.F. 24335.

31 Cal.3d 715 (1982)

644 P.2d 1257

182 Cal. Rptr. 778

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CARMAN ARVIZU et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen and Daniel P. O'Brien for Petitioners.

G. Gordon Taylor as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, and B. Franklin Walker, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Atlantic Richfield Company and its workers' compensation insurer, Insurance Company of America (employer or ARCO), appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) awarding Carman Arvizu the sum of $50,000 as a death benefit following the death of her husband, Gilbert Arvizu, in an employment-related accident. Two issues are presented. First, in cases in which the surviving spouse is...

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