Williams v. Corbett

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant appeals the reversal by the superior court of a workers’ compensation award granted by the administrative law judge (“ALJ”).

Appellant had lived with the employee for approximately eleven years prior to the employee’s accidental death on the job, although the two had never married, nor had they established a common law marriage. Appellant’s previous marriage ended in divorce; the employee’s previous wife predeceased him. The employee’s paycheck was used by appellant for their mutual support, and consequently the ALJ found that appellant’s partial dependence entitled her…