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DI PETRILLO v. LEONIA

65 N.J. Super. 336 (1959)

167 A.2d 812

ELVIRA DI PETRILLO, WIDOW OF CARLO DI PETRILLO, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. BOROUGH OF LEONIA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul B. Thompson argued the cause for respondent-appellant (Messrs. Emory, Langan, Lamb and Blake, attorneys).

Mr. Herman M. Wilson argued the cause for petitioner-respondent (Mr. John J. Sullivan, Jr., attorney).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, CONFORD and FREUND.

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

Plaintiff's husband died suddenly while at work as a garbage collector for the defendant municipality December 9, 1957, at the age of 55. She sought workmen's compensation on the theory that the decedent had sustained a work-connected heart attack. Recovery was denied in the Workmen's Compensation Division but allowed on appeal by the Bergen County Court.

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