TITLE 28
Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-33
Workers' Compensation Benefits
SECTION 28-33-23
§ 28-33-23 Persons to whom compensation
payable in event of death.
(a) The compensation payable under chapters 29 38 of this title in case
of death of the injured employee shall be paid to his or her legal
representatives. If he or she has no legal representative, the amount is
payable to his or her dependents entitled to that compensation or, if he or she
leaves no dependents, to the person to whom the expenses for the burial and
last sickness are due.
(b) If the payment is made to the legal representative of the
deceased employee, it shall be paid by the legal representative to the
dependents or other persons entitled to it under chapters 29 38 of this
title.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 2, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 2, § 15;
G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 15; P.L. 1949, ch. 2231, § 1; P.L.
1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-23.)
