Ames v. Sheffield Farms Co. Inc.
Decision Date | 11 October 1948 |
Docket Number | No. A 11.,A 11. |
Citation | 61 A.2d 502 |
Parties | AMES v. SHEFFIELD FARMS CO., Inc. |
Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
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Appeal from former Supreme Court.
Proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Act by Emma M. Ames, claimant, opposed by Sheffield Farms Company, Inc., a New York corporation, licensed to do business in New Jersey, to recover benefits for the death of claimant's deceased husband. From a judgment of the former Supreme Court, 137 N.J.L. 336, 59 A.2d 811, affirming a judgment reversing an award in favor of the claimant, the claimant appeals.
Judgment of former Supreme Court affirmed.
Perry E. Belfatto, of Newark, for appellant.
Isidor Kalisch and Kalisch & Kalisch, all of Newark (Henry M. Grosman, of Newark, on the brief), for respondent.
This is a Workmen's Compensation case wherein payment is sought under the act for the death of petitioner-appellant's decedent due to cardiac failure.
In the Bureau judgment was entered in favor of appellant. On appeal to the Essex Pleas that judgment was reversed and the petition dismissed. On certiorari the former Supreme Court affirmed, 137 N.J.L. 336, 59 A.2d 811. This appeal is from that judgment.
A recital of the facts, which admittedly were not in dispute, will serve no useful purpose.
A review of the medical testimony demonstrates that it preponderated heavily in favor of respondent. There is a presumption that any death from heart disease is the result of natural causes. . Lohndorf v. Peper Bros. Paint Co., Sup. 1946, 134 N.J.L. 156, 46 A.2d 439, 441, affirmed Err.& App. 1947, 135 N.J.L. 352, 52 A.2d 61. The appellant did not meet the test thus laid down.
The judgment of the Supreme Court is accordingly affirmed.
For affirmance: Chief Justice VANDERBILT and Justices CASE, HEHER, OLIPHANT, WACHENFELD, BURLING and ACKERSON-7.
For reversal: None.
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