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DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - c1nthya - 12-18-2010 05:58 PM
QUESTION: My life partner/roommate of 15 yrs. does everything for me Everything! I couldnt walk for 6 mos (both legs crushed at work). She did it all; paperwork for all agencies, all communications with attorney, doctors, PT, meds, drove, cooked, cleaned, washed, shopped, bathed, etc. Now, I've been diagnosed with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer (not related). If I die b4 I settle and if I name her in my will as my sole beneficiary can she continue with the suit?
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - jayne - 12-18-2010 07:31 PM
most likely not.......however different states different rules....ask your lawyer...
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - 1171 - 12-18-2010 09:23 PM
the issue is not whether you are dependent upon them.
it's whether they can be considered your dependent.
there is no one answer for every state.
http://www.workerscompensation.com/forums/general/showthread.php?tid=10146
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - 1171 - 12-18-2010 10:37 PM
duplicate.
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - c1nthya - 12-19-2010 03:19 AM
(12-18-2010 07:31 PM)jayne Wrote: most likely not.......however different states different rules....ask your lawyer...We're in California. Would you happen to know the law for us?
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - jayne - 12-19-2010 11:59 AM
1171 will in calif
RE: DEATH B4 SETTLEMENT - 1171 - 12-19-2010 01:12 PM
(12-19-2010 03:19 AM)c1nthya Wrote:(12-18-2010 07:31 PM)jayne Wrote: most likely not.......however different states different rules....ask your lawyer...We're in California. Would you happen to know the law for us?
in california all temporary and permanent disability end upon the employees death. however accrued payments would be payable to their dependents.