Claim of McFadden v. Duo Plumbing & Heating Corp.

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 15, 1978. On June 3, 1975, Moses Abram died as a result of an automobile accident while in the employ of Duo Plumbing & Heating Corp. We are concerned on this appeal with the propriety of an award of death benefits to four alleged illegitimate children of decedent ranging in ages from 5 to 12 years of age. The board found, based on a letter from the principal of P. S. 167, the joint income tax return of decedent for the year 1973, and the testimony of decedent’s brother and the mother of the children, that all four…