Claim of Moore v. Troop D, Division of State Police

Claimant is the dependent mother of Robert Arthur Moore, a State trooper who was killed in line of duty on July 29, 1941. He left a father and mother, the latter partially dependent upon him. An award of death benefits was made to her at the rate of $8.66 per week. The Legislature of the State of New York by Laws of 1942, chapter 407, effective April 12, 1942, appropriated $5,000 for the father and mother of the deceased trooper, payable out of the State Treasury. The insurance carrier, which was the State Insurance Fund, had conceded claimant’s dependency. Later this carrier withdrew such…