If three persons are wholly dependent on a deceased employee and there are additional partial dependents, what would the partial dependents receive?

In a situation where three persons are wholly dependent on a deceased employee, the focus is primarily on the needs of those wholly dependent individuals. California workers' compensation law stipulates that if there are wholly dependent individuals, they are entitled to full benefits based on their status.

Partial dependents, on the other hand, do not have the same legal standing as wholly dependents in terms of receiving benefits from the worker's compensation claims. Therefore, they might not qualify to receive any benefits at all in this specific context. The rationale is that the law prioritizes the needs of those who were completely reliant on the deceased's income, thereby leaving nothing for those who were partially dependent.

This ensures that the compensation serves to adequately support those who were fully reliant rather than dividing the benefits between both parties when the law does not provide for the partial dependents in this scenario. As a result, it is appropriate that partial dependents receive nothing when there are already three individuals who are considered wholly dependent.