WALTER LEO SYKES, JR. (Deceased) KATHLEEN S. MAGUIRE, As Personal Representative vs. LEWISTON COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT, Permissibly Self-Insured, Administered by ATHENS ADMINISTRATORS

This case concerns the employer's obligation to pay a death benefit to the Death Without Dependents (DWD) unit after an employee died without dependents. The employer had previously paid benefits to the deceased employee's estate under a now-unconstitutional statute, and sought credit for those payments against the DWD award. The Board affirmed the $125,000 death benefit award to the DWD unit, disallowing any credit for payments made to the estate, and deferred the issue of the estate's liability to the employer.