Claim of Sykiotis v. Baronet Restaurant, Inc.

This is an appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed March 16, 1973, which affirmed a Referee’s award to the claimant as a dependent of Jim Sykiotis, a deceased employee of the appellant employer.

It is not disputed that the deceased employee suffered accidental death which is compensable. The issues raised by the appellants before the board and again upon this appeal are whether or not there was substantial evidence to support the administrative finding that the claimant father was a dependent of the employee son at the time of…