Vermont § 637 Death benefits; rival claimants

Vermont Statutes

§ 637 — Death benefits; rival claimants

Vermont § 637

Title 21Title 21: Labor

Ch. 9Chapter 009: Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation

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Bluebook

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 637 (2026).

Text

Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right have given him notice of his, her, or their claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he or she may apply to the Commissioner to decide between them.

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Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right have given him notice of his, her, or their claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he or she may apply to the Commissioner to decide between them.