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This case involves a fatal industrial injury to Luis Medina Bernal, a tire changer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to clarify death benefit payment terms. While the WCJ correctly found petitioning applicants failed to prove partial dependency, the WCAB amended the decision. The death benefit for the widow, Patricia Solano Vasquez, is to be paid bi-weekly at $297.29 until the $250,000 total is exhausted. The attorney's fee was recalculated to $34,042.54, representing 15% of the death benefit's present value.
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This case involves a fatal industrial injury to Luis Medina Bernal, a tire changer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to clarify death benefit payment terms. While the WCJ correctly found petitioning applicants failed to prove partial dependency, the WCAB amended the decision. The death benefit for the widow, Patricia Solano Vasquez, is to be paid bi-weekly at $297.29 until the $250,000 total is exhausted. The attorney's fee was recalculated to $34,042.54, representing 15% of the death benefit's present value.
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