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HARPER v. NEW JERSEY MFRS. CAS. INS. CO.

1 N.J. 93 (1948)

62 A.2d 135

HARRY C. HARPER, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY MANUFACTURERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 15, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Grace J. Ford argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant (Mr. Walter D. Van Riper, Attorney General, attorney).

Mr. George E. Meredith argued the cause for the defendant-respondent.

The opinion of the court was delivered by CASE, J.

The question is whether the term "total compensation" as used in R.S. 34:15-94 includes medical expenses and funeral expenses. The Commissioner of Labor brought suit in the Mercer County Circuit Court to recover the sum of $7,229.54 assessed against the defendant on its 1945 expenditures for those items. Circuit Court Judge Smalley, sitting by consent in the trial without a jury, answered the question in the...

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