Hunt Plywood, Inc. v. Estate of Davis

|1HIGHTOWER, Judge.

In these consolidated worker’s compensation cases, the employer appeals a judgment declaring two illegitimate children partially dependent and awarding death benefits, together with penalties and attorney’s fees. The minors’ mothers answer, asserting several additional errors. We amend and affirm in, pai't, and reverse in part.

FACTS

On November 28, 1991, Dylon Davis died in a work accident while employed with Hunt Plywood Company, Inc. Initial investigation by the employer’s claims adjuster, F.A. Richard & Associates (“Richard”), disclosed two surviving parents, viz., Jerome…