{"id":3861,"date":"2016-06-08T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:45:14","slug":"what-are-employee-death-benefits-in-virginia-accident-or-occupational-illness-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/what-are-employee-death-benefits-in-virginia-accident-or-occupational-illness-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Employee Death Benefits in Virginia Accident or Occupational Illness Cases?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The families of employees who die due to a workplace accident or occupational illness are entitled to the following death benefits under the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Act:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which family members can get benefits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A surviving spouse,<\/li>\n<li>Children under 18,<\/li>\n<li>Children under 23 enrolled full time in an accredited educational institution,<\/li>\n<li>Parents in destitute circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Other qualifying dependents may be entitled as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Death benefits include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The lost wages the worker would have received if he or she had survived<\/li>\n<li>Funeral expenses not to exceed $10,000<\/li>\n<li>Transportation cost of $1,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Did a family member die while working? Virginia lawyer Joe Miller can help<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Joe Miller, Esq. has been helping injured workers get justice when work injuries or work illnesses happen. His work includes representing the families of loved ones who died due to a workplace accident or illness. He fights for spouse, children, and even parents to get payment for lost wages, funeral expenses, and transportation costs. Call attorney Joe Miller at <strong><a href=\"tel:\/\/888-694-1671\" title=\"888-694-1671\">888-694-1671<\/a> <\/strong>and ask for Joe Miller, or email <a href=\"mailto:jmiller@joemillerinjurylaw.com\">jmiller@joemillerinjurylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The families of employees who die due to a workplace accident or occupational illness are entitled to the following death benefits under the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Act: Which family members can get benefits? A surviving spouse, Children under 18, Children under 23 enrolled full time in an accredited educational institution, Parents in destitute circumstances Other &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"What are Employee Death Benefits in Virginia Accident or Occupational Illness Cases?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/what-are-employee-death-benefits-in-virginia-accident-or-occupational-illness-cases\/#more-3861\" aria-label=\"Read more about What are Employee Death Benefits in Virginia Accident or Occupational Illness Cases?\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[194,124,133],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Joe Miller","author_link":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/author\/jmiller\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The families of employees who die due to a workplace accident or occupational illness are entitled to the following death benefits under the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Act: Which family members can get benefits? A surviving spouse, Children under 18, Children under 23 enrolled full time in an accredited educational institution, Parents in destitute circumstances Other&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}