Legal Opinion
Claim of Giglia v. Berger Industries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 17, 1986, which found that claimant was dependent upon decedent at the time of his death and was entitled to an award of benefits.
*960Decedent, Erminio Giglia, suffered a work-related myocardial infarction on July 20, 1983 and was hospitalized until his death on August 20, 1983. Prior to his death, decedent had lived with claimant, his mother, in an apartment owned by his brother. Upon decedent’s death, claimant filed a claim for death benefits under Workers’ Compensation Law § 16 (4-a). The Workers’ Compensation Board found…
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