Williams v. Freedom Trucking, Inc.

JOANOS, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the children of the deceased employee seek review of the deputy commissioner’s order which determined that three minor children qualified as stepchildren of the deceased employee, and were thereby entitled to share death benefits equally with the employee’s natural children. We reverse.

On June 2, 1987, Stephen C. Williams was killed while acting within the course and scope of his employment with Freedom Trucking, Inc. At the time of his death, Williams had been estranged from his wife for approximately seven years, but he and his wife were…