Stallings v. F.M.C. Corp.

WENTWORTH, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of a judge of compensation claims denying a claim for dependent death benefits pursuant to section 440.16, Florida Statutes (1991). We reverse the order, concluding that the timely filed claim herein could properly be amended to include benefits for the appellant, Effie Lee Stallings, as a dependent beneficiary.

Walter Stallings died in a compensable automobile accident on February 13, 1990 while employed by the appellee F.M.C. Corporation. He was survived by his mother, the appellant Effie Lee Stallings, and by a brother, Isham…