KICZULA v. AMERICAN NAT. CAN CO.


310 N.J. Super. 293 (1998)

IRENE KICZULA, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN CO., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lora V. Northen, argued the cause for appellant (Capehart & Scatchard, attorneys; Ms. Northen, of counsel; Alison M. Nissen, on the brief).

Craig H. Livingston, argued the cause for respondent (Ball Livingston, attorneys; Mr. Livingston & Lynne P. Kramer, of counsel; William J. Volonte, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, KEEFE and PAUL G. LEVY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

In this workers' compensation case, petitioner Irene Kiczula received a fifty percent permanent partial disability award when the trial judge found that her pulmonary disease, known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), was exacerbated or aggravated by her employment on an assembly line that made steel cans. The employer, in this appeal, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that petitioner's...

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