MATTER OF DICKINSON v. CAPE VINCENT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.

514752.

106 A.D.3d 1348 (2013)

967 N.Y.S.2d 144

2013 NY Slip Op 3723

In the Matter of the Claim of MARSHA DICKINSON, Respondent, v. CAPE VINCENT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided May 23, 2013.


Egan Jr., J.

Claimant, decedent's mother, applied for death benefits after decedent was shot and killed by a patient in the course of his work as a volunteer firefighter/emergency medical technician. As is relevant here, claimant sought support payments for herself and decedent's younger brother, alleging that they were "dependent upon the deceased at the time of" his death (Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 7 [46]). The Workers' Compensation Board ultimately...

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