Pearson v. Armstrong Cork Co.
| Decision Date | 25 October 1928 |
| Docket Number | No. 207.,207. |
| Citation | 143 A. 449 |
| Parties | PEARSON v. ARMSTRONG CORK CO. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
Certiorari to Court of Common Pleas, Camden County.
Proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Act by Ida M. Pearson for the death of her husband, opposed by the Armstrong Cork Company, employer. To review an order of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau granting an award, affirmed by the court of common pleas, the employer brings certiorari. Affirmed.
Argued October term, 1928, before MINTURN, BLACK, and CAMPBELL, JJ.
Riggins & Davis, of Camden, for petitioner-respondent.
Ralph N. Kellam, of Camden, for respondent-prosecutor.
The petitioner in this case filed her petition on May 26, 1925, to the Workmen's Compensation Bureau, praying for compensation for the death of her husband, alleging in response to question No. 17 on said petition as follows:
The matter was heard before the deputy commissioner on the 30th of June, 1925, who found:
"That the said William H. Pearson, deceased, did so contract wood alcohol poisoning in the course of his employment with the Armstrong Cork Company, the above named respondent, and also that the deceased employee, William H. Pearson died from endocarditis caused by wood alcohol poisoning occupationally contracted."
From this award the prosecutor appealed to the court of common pleas of Camden county, where the said award was affirmed and judgment entered accordingly. This writ of certiorari was allowed on the 25th of June, 1928, to the prosecutor to have the judgment so entered reviewed.
The deceased was engaged in a business for at least two years which obliged him to grind gum and mix wood alcohol and denatured alcohol with the same. The room in which he worked at times was permeated with alcoholic fumes. The doctors who were called for the petitioner in their opinions stated the history of the decedent's case, and gave it as their opinion that the physical condition preceding his death was caused or contributed to by some poisoning, and they concluded that it was wood alcohol, because the decedent was employed in the use of it, and they were satisfied that the...
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