Westfall v. J. P. Burroughs & Son

In Westfall v. J. P. Burroughs & Son, 280 Mich. 638, we affirmed the award of the department of labor and industry denying compensation to the alleged common-law wife of the deceased employee, but we reversed the award of the department refusing to permit a posthumous, illegitimate child to intervene and have her day in court. We remanded the case to the department to give the guardian of the child such opportunity. A hearing has been had before the department and it found that such posthumous illegitimate child was not a dependent of the deceased employee. The guardian of the child has…