Claim of Johnson v. La Sala Mason Corp.

The employer and carrier appeal from a decision of the board which determined that the infant claimant was the dependent daughter of the decedent. The appellant’s sole argument is that the testimony was “insufficient and of no probative or legal character ”. The proof offered by the claimant to substantiate relationship consisted of a birth certificate lacking the name of the parents, a verified claim filed by the mother, a letter from the little girl to her uncle, the brother of the decedent, and his testimony. While the testimony in the record as to relationship is sketchy, taken as a…