CONNOR, Justice.
The question presented is whether an illegitimate posthumous child can recover workmen's compensation death benefits. What makes the case unusual is that the father had no actual knowledge of the pregnancy. He was killed before being informed.
The deceased, a 29-year-old ironworker, was killed on March 28, 1967, while working on a construction project on the Nenana River. On August 10, 1967, a woman 19 years of age gave birth to a male child...
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