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ADAMS v. TEXFI INDUSTRIES

No. 24340.

464 S.E.2d 109 (1995)

William Jackson ADAMS, Deceased Employee; Rosita L. Adams, Widow; Ji Hae Kim Adams, Minor Adopted Child; and Martina Marie McKeown, Plaintiffs, of whom Martina McKeown is Petitioner, and Ji Hae Kim Adams is Respondent, v. TEXFI INDUSTRIES, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Carrier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude S. Coleman of Hemphill, Hemphill & Coleman, P.A., Chester, for Petitioner.

J. Mark Hayes, II of Harrison and Hayes, Spartanburg, for Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

TOAL, Justice:

This workers' compensation action presents the issue of the degree of dependence required under Title 42, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law, for a stepchild to be considered a "child," and thus entitled to the presumption of being wholly dependent for the purposes of receiving the death benefits of a deceased employee.

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