Iljinas's Case

The insurer appeals from a final decree of the Superior Court affirming a decision of the reviewing board awarding dependency compensation. 1. The employee was found dead at his place of employment. As both parties concede that G. L. c. 152, § 7A, as amended by St. 1971, c. 702 (which took effect during the course of the hearings before the single member), is applicable to this case, the insurer’s contention that the claimant failed to sustain her burden of proof fails. Riordan’s Case, 362 Mass. 882 (1972), does not hold that the force of prima facie evidence warranting a finding disappears…