An employee met a colleague at a restaurant to discuss work. While getting food from the salad bar, the employee tripped and fell. A doctor said the injuries he suffered from the fall caused his death a month later. Can his widow get workers’ comp death benefits?

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Was a widow able to show that work stress triggered her husband’s fatal heart attack? That’s what she needed to prove to get workers’ comp death benefits.

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Tags: heart attack, Super Bowl Sunday, workers' comp death benefits, workplace stress

Officer Kevin Schultz died saving a 12-year-old boy from drowning. His widow seeks workers’ comp death benefits. The questions facing New Mexico’s Supreme Court: Did she file paperwork on time and was Schultz “on duty” at the time of his death?

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Tags: office on duty, Officer Kevin Schultz, statute of limitations, workers' comp death benefits