8.2.2 Claims for Burial Expenses

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

. The employer is liable for the reasonable expense of an employee’s burial, not to exceed $5,000.^[12] If the recipient of an award for death compensation benefits dies before the term of the award expires, the employer is also responsible for that person’s funeral expenses, not to exceed $800.^[13]

The claim for burial expenses is properly made by the person who paid those expenses.^[14] The expense may be paid directly by the carrier or self-insuring employer to the undertaker.^[15] Otherwise, to be...