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In the Matter of the Claim of Florence Shanley (Mrs. B. L. Bierweiler), Respondent, against Slattery Contracting Co., Inc., and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
232 A.D. 860·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1931·NY
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In the Matter of the Claim of Florence Shanley (Mrs. B. L. Bierweiler), Respondent, against Slattery Contracting Co., Inc., and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the claimant against the employer and the insurance carrier, on the ground that a stepchild, actually dependent on a stepfather, is a dependent, even though the father is still living but divorced from the mother of the child. (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 2, subd. 11; Yeople v. Bose Co., 182 App. Div. 438; affd., 223 N. Y. 687; Matter of Bogold v. Bogold Bros., 218 App. Div. 676; affd., 245 N. Y. 574.)