{"id":13543,"date":"2015-12-23T09:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2015-12-23T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:20:30","slug":"video-owcp-reverses-postal-widows-death-benefit-decision-after-nbc-bay-area-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/12\/23\/video-owcp-reverses-postal-widows-death-benefit-decision-after-nbc-bay-area-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: OWCP Reverses Postal Widows Death Benefit Decision After NBC Bay Area Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal Office of Workers\u2019 Compensation granted tens of thousands of dollars in death benefits to a Bay Area widow one day after NBC Bay Area investigation aired<\/em><\/h3>\n

The federal Office of Workers\u2019 Compensation approved an East Bay widow\u2019s claim for death benefits one day after an\u00a0<\/span>NBC Bay Area investigation<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>revealed her year-long battle for benefits following the death of her husband, Sam.<\/p>\n

The government had twice denied Larnie Macasieb\u2019s petitions, but in a stunning reversal last week, the office approved her claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning this is something that I know Sam has something to do with,\u201d Macasieb said of her late husband. \u201cHe knows because I always dream of him. He was very happy and he hugs me and he tells me \u2018I love you\u2019 and I tell him \u2018I love you too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Macasieb\u2019s husband died following a traumatic head injury he suffered during his shift at the Postal Processing and Distribution Center in West Oakland in August 2014.<\/p>\n

More than a year after her husband\u2019s death, the government has agreed to pay the widow a portion of her husband\u2019s annual salary. The government first denied Macasieb\u2019s claim in August 2014 and again in September, citing a lack of evidence proving how her husband was injured. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n