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DIVITTORIO v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 1-97-1862 WC.

702 N.E.2d 172 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 662

234 Ill.Dec. 6

Salvatore DIVITTORIO, d/b/a Salvatore's Painting, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Kristen Firtik, a Minor, Through Her Mother and Best Friend, Kathy Buhle-Blake, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Industrial Commission Division.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nyhan, Pfister, Bambrick & Kinzie, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Goldstein, Fishman, Bender & Romanoff, Chicago (Robert J. Smoler and Peter N. Stein, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

In order for a child to be entitled to the workers' compensation benefits of her injured father who died from causes unrelated to his injury, she must prove that she was his "dependent." This appeal addresses the circumstances under which a child is considered a "dependent" pursuant to section 8(e)(19) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/8(e)(19) (West 1996)). Is claimant a dependent where she was...

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