Claim of Oliva v. Albany Cycle Co.

Appeal from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 6, 1977 and June 29, 1978, which denied claimant’s application to reopen and reconsider a referee’s decision of March 25, 1976, which had denied claimant’s claim for death benefits. On June 5, 1975, claimant filed a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Law for death benefits arising out of the death of his wife who was fatally injured in a fire at her place of employment. At a hearing held on March 25, 1976, the referee held that claimant had not established that he was dependent upon his wife at the time of her death as was…