BROCK v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC. & GAS CO.


149 N.J. 378 (1997)

693 A.2d 894

ARTHUR BROCK, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Silver argued the cause for appellant (Michals, Wahl, Silver & Leitner, attorneys).

Susan P. Callahan argued the cause for respondent (Galex, Tortoreti & Tomes, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

This appeal concerns the effect of a failure to comply with the notice requirement of N.J.S.A. 34:15-33 on an employee's right to recover workers' compensation benefits for an occupational disease. Read literally, that statutory provision bars the payment of benefits for death or disability resulting from occupational disease unless the employer either had actual knowledge of the condition or received written...

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