GNACEK v. HERCULES POWDER CO.


49 N.J. 106 (1967)

228 A.2d 341

JOSEPH S. GNACEK, BY HIS WIDOW, VIRGINIA GNACEK, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John V. Burns argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. Harold A. Price argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William R. Albrecht, of counsel and on the brief; Messrs. Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys).

Mr. Richard Newman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the Division of Workmen's Compensation (Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner prevailed in the Division of Workmen's Compensation, but the County Court held the judgment was a nullity because the judge of the Division before whom the case was tried was no longer a judge of the Division when he decided the case. We certified the appeal before argument in the Appellate Division.

This matter was tried over a considerable period in the Division. The trial judge, having...

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