Workers’ Comp Worth 23 Years of Benefits to Widow Affirmed

After her husband died from injuries caused by a 30 feet workplace fall, Doloreza Taluri, was awarded permanent partial disability benefits of $959, 175. The award was calculated based on 1,225 weeks of benefits. The employer of Taluri’s husband, Arberia L.L.C., challenged the award because Mr. Taluri only survived for 4.5 hours after his fall and argued that the benefits should be limited to one week.

In Arberia v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, an Ohio appeals court upheld the benefits because Mr. Taluri was entitled to the benefits before he died, the calculation was based on medical evidence, and the amount of time Mr. Taluri actually survived the injury was irrelevant.

See Sheena Harrison, Widow of Ohio Construction Worker Due 23 Years’ Worth of Comp Benefits: Court, Business Insurance, Dec. 10, 2014.