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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) If death occurs to an injured employee, other than as a proximate result of any injury, before disability indemnity ceases and the deceased leaves persons wholly dependent upon the deceased for support, death benefits shall be as follows:
(a) Where the injury proximately caused permanent total disability, the death benefit shall consist of the unpaid and unaccrued portion of the permanent total disability benefit which the employee would have received had the employee lived until receiving compensation at the employee's regular rate for a period of six years.
(b) Where the injury proximately caused permanent partial disability, the death benefit shall consist of the unpaid and unaccrued portion of the permanent partial disability benefit which the employee would have received had he lived.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 8. Labor and Industry § 8-42-116. When death not proximate result--benefits - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-8-labor-and-industry/co-rev-st-sect-8-42-116/
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