Claim of Shanley v. Slattery Contracting Co.
232 A.D. 860
N.Y. App. Div.1931Check TreatmentAward 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.)