Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200 - 6002]
( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373. ) PART 4. COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS [5300 - 6002]
( Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction [5300 - 5317]
( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) 5306.
The death of an employer subsequent to the sustaining of an injury by an employee shall not impair the right of the employee to proceed before the appeals board against the estate of the employer, and the failure of the employee or his dependents to cause the claim to be presented to the executor or administrator of the estate shall not in any way bar or suspend such right.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)