Hackney v. G.T. Contractor

LINDSAY, Judge.

This case concerns claims for workers’ compensation death benefits. The plaintiff-appellant, Kathy Arnold Hackney, is the former wife of a deceased worker. She sought to recover death benefits on behalf of the decedent’s two sons. The decedent’s concubine, Tonya Saxon Woods, also sought to recover death benefits individually and on behalf of the decedent’s illegitimate daughter. In these consolidated cases, the appellant appeals from judgments by the workers’ compensation hearing officer which granted a motion for summary judgment on behalf of Tonya Saxon Woods and denied a…