MILOWICKI v. POST AND PADDOCK, INC.


260 A.2d 430 (1969)

Nora MILOWICKI, Claimant-Appellant, v. POST AND PADDOCK, INC. and Sengam, Inc., Employers-Appellees. POST AND PADDOCK, INC. and Sengam, Inc., Employers-Appellants, v. Nora MILOWICKI, Claimant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Snellenburg, II, of Killoran & Van Brunt, Wilmington, for claimant.

Richard I. G. Jones, of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for employer.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice.

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