Lemke v. Knudsen Trucking, Inc.

YETKA, Justice.

Dependent children appeal the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals’ decision that the total received by the children for dependency benefits plus survivor benefits shall not exceed the proportion of the weekly wage apportioned to them as between themselves and a surviving spouse who is not their natural mother and not residing with them at the time of the decedent’s death.

We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for recalculation of benefits consistent with our opinion in Redland v. Nelson’s Quality Eggs, Inc., 291 N.W.2d 371 (Minn.1980).

The issues raised in this appeal…