Death benefits; burial expenses
Sec. 15. In cases of the death of an employee from an
occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the
employee's employment under circumstances that the employee
would have been entitled to compensation if death had not resulted,
the employer shall pay the burial expenses of such employee, not
exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.7d; Acts 1947, c.164, s.5; Acts 1955,
c.241, s.1; Acts 1963, c.388, s.10; Acts 1967, c.313, s.2; Acts 1971,
P.L.354, SEC.1.) As amended by P.L.225-1983, SEC.3; P.L.95-1988,
SEC.13; P.L.170-1991, SEC.18; P.L.201-2005, SEC.8.
Last modified: May 27, 2006