2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 21 Labor
Chapter 9 EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
§ 639 Death, payment to dependents
639. Death, payment to dependents
In cases of the death of a person from any cause other than the accident during the period of payments for disability or for the permanent injury, the remaining payments for disability then due or for the permanent injury shall be made to the person's dependents according to the provisions of sections 635 and 636 of this title, or if there are none, the remaining amount due, but not exceeding $5,500.00 for burial and funeral expenses and expenses for out-of-state transportation of the decedent to the place of burial not to exceed $1,000.00, shall be paid in a lump sum to the proper person. (Amended 1961, No. 66; 1963, No. 191, 2; 1977, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), 7, eff. May 3, 1978; 1985, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), 5; 1995, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), 2.)
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