Claim of Landon v. Motorola, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHerlihy, P. J.
This is an appeal by the employer and carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed September 29, 1970, which awarded death benefits to the infant claimant whose adoption was finalized by the decedent’s widow after his death.
The decedent and his widow brought the infant to their home on February 1, 1968 and thereafter initiated adoption proceedings. On June 19, 1968 the decedent was fatally injured in a work-related airplane accident while on business for his company. On September 25, 1968 an order of adoption based upon *19an amended petition was signed in favor of the…
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