Case Name: 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
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1931-03
Citations: 232 A.D. 860
Docket Number: 
Parties: 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.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 860–860

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.)