HENDERSON v. CELANESE CORP.


16 N.J. 208 (1954)

108 A.2d 267

HAROLD HENDERSON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. CELANESE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 11, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mortimer Wald argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Kapelsohn, Lerner, Leuchter & Reitman, attorneys).

Mr. Isidor Kalisch argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Stanley U. Phares, attorney).


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

The authorities are divided upon the problem submitted, and the reasoning employed in the different schools of thought is as conflicting as the divergent results.

The inquiry is whether compensation is due an employee who suffered an injury as a result of striking his head against the concrete floor of his employer's premises during the course of his employment, when the cause of the fall was an epileptic...

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