WILFORD v. SIGMUND EISNER CO.


13 N.J. Super. 27 (1951)

80 A.2d 222

GEORGE A. WILFORD, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SIGMUND EISNER COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. GEORGE A. WILFORD, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. H. RAYMOND EISNER, ET AL., TRADING AS 54 BROAD COMPANY, A PARTNERSHIP, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (Consolidated Actions.) GEORGE ALFRED WILFORD, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. SIGMUND EISNER COMPANY, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. GEORGE ALFRED WILFORD, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. H. RAYMOND EISNER, J. LESTER EISNER AND MONROE EISNER, TRADING AS 54 BROAD COMPANY, ET AL., RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 4, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph Heuser argued both causes for appellant (Messrs. Heuser & Heuser, attorneys).

Mr. R. Robinson Chance argued the law cause for respondent, Sigmund Eisner Company (Messrs. Kellogg & Chance, attorneys).

Mr. Theodore J. Labrecque argued the law cause for respondents, H. Raymond Eisner et al., etc. (Messrs. Parsons, Labrecque, Canzona & Combs, attorneys).

Mr. John W. O'Brien argued the compensation cause for respondent, Sigmund Eisner Company (Messrs. O'Brien, Brett & O'Brien, attorneys).

Mr. James J. Skeffington argued the compensation cause for respondents, H. Raymond Eisner et al., etc.

Before Judges McGEEHAN, JAYNE and WM. J. BRENNAN, JR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., J.A.D.

The appellant, George A. Wilford, incurred a lung abscess which he attributed to exposure to coal gas and dust in his employment as a fireman tending furnaces in an office building at 54 Broad Street, Red Bank. That employment was in the period from January 7, 1948 to April 7, 1948, and was given him when he was laid off as a packer by the defendant corporation, Sigmund Eisner Company. The office...

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