Roelfs v. Sam P. Wallingford, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

Two separate issues are presented in this appeal in a workmen’s compensation proceeding.

The first is the familiar question of the relationhip between the workman and the respondent at the time of the former’s fatal injury —Was the workman respondent’s employee, or was he an independent contractor? The second issue, if the death be found to be compensable, involves the effect of judicial termination of parental rights upon a minor child’s entitlement to compensation, and is one of first impression.

Linda Kannard Roelfs, who was married to the…