Gierak v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether a posthumous, illegitimate child is entitled to recover under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the death of his father.

Walter G-ierak, Sr., was fatally injured in the course of his employment. At the time of his death on April 13, 1928, he was living in meretricious relations with the claimant. His wife and claimant’s husband were both confined at that time in an insane institution; neither of them was divorced. The employer, the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, entered into a joint compensation agreement with…