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This case concerns a deceased truck driver whose dependent son was injured and incapacitated in the same accident. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration, upholding the administrative law judge's award of lifetime dependency benefits to the son. The Board found that Labor Code section 3501(a) does not require pre-existing incapacity but rather incapacity at the time of the parent's death-causing injury. The Board also emphasized the liberal construction of workers' compensation laws and rejected the defendant's attempt to introduce fault-based arguments.
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This case concerns a deceased truck driver whose dependent son was injured and incapacitated in the same accident. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration, upholding the administrative law judge's award of lifetime dependency benefits to the son. The Board found that Labor Code section 3501(a) does not require pre-existing incapacity but rather incapacity at the time of the parent's death-causing injury. The Board also emphasized the liberal construction of workers' compensation laws and rejected the defendant's attempt to introduce fault-based arguments.
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