§ 28-33-23 - Persons to whom compensation payable in event of death. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-33-23

   § 28-33-23  Persons to whom compensationpayable in event of death. – (a) The compensation payable under chapters 29 – 38 of this title in caseof death of the injured employee shall be paid to his or her legalrepresentatives. If he or she has no legal representative, the amount ispayable to his or her dependents entitled to that compensation or, if he or sheleaves no dependents, to the person to whom the expenses for the burial andlast sickness are due.

   (b) If the payment is made to the legal representative of thedeceased employee, it shall be paid by the legal representative to thedependents or other persons entitled to it under chapters 29 – 38 of thistitle.