
    In the Matter of the Claim of David L. Hawthorne, as Administrator of the Estate of Frederick Hawthorne, Deceased, Respondent, v Peartrees, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
    Argued October 7, 1977;
    decided November 15, 1977
    
      APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Philip J. Caputo for Peartrees, Inc., and another, appellants.
    
      William F. Fischer, Jr., and Martin Krutzel for O’Keefe Auto Service Corporation and another, appellants.
    
      David Hirschhorn for David L. Hawthorne, respondent.
    
      Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Morris N. Lissauer, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (56 AD2d 961).

Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.  