HENDERSON v. CELANESE CORP.


30 N.J. Super. 353 (1954)

104 A.2d 720

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

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before Judges EASTWOOD, JAYNE and CLAPP.


The opinion of the court was delivered by EASTWOOD, S.J.A.D.

The issue in this appeal is whether the resulting injury of an idiopathic fall on a concrete floor at appellant's place of employment is compensable.

There is no factual dispute. The petitioner had been a sufferer from epilepsy for a number of years. It is conceded that on the day in question he had a seizure which caused him to fall to the concrete floor in the plant, striking his head thereon,...

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