AZ UPDATE: 19 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY- NOT ALL WILL GET SIMILAR BENEFITS.
Officials in Prescott, Ariz., claim that Juliann Ashcraft's husband, Andrew, was a seasonal employee and that his family is therefore not entitled to the city benefits. But Mrs. Ashcraft says her husband had a full-time weekly workload of 40 hours before his death on June 30. She said she planned to use her husband's lifetime salaries and health package to support her four children. "I said to them, 'My husband was a full-time employee, he went to work full-time for you,'" Mrs. Ashcraft told CBS News. "Their response to me was, 'Perhaps there was a communication issue in your marriage.'"
CBS news got ahold of paperwork confirming that he received a full-time salary from the city. Even still, the city of Prescott maintains that it has "fully complied with all of the laws and employment policies that direct survivor benefits," according to a statement obtained by CBS.
It should be noted that ALL of the families will receive worker's compensation and the federal payment of $328,000.
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