BIRD v. SOMERSET HILLS COUNTRY CLUB


309 N.J. Super. 517 (1998)

TEDDY W. BIRD, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. SOMERSET HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, v. SECOND INJURY FUND, RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Brause, argued the cause for appellant (Brause & Brause, attorneys; Randolph Brause and Peter Ventrice, of counsel and on the brief).

Eric S. Lentz, argued the cause for respondent Teddy W. Bird.

A statement in lieu of brief was submitted by the Second Injury Fund (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney; Cheryl B. Kline, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, SKILLMAN and STEINBERG.


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

Somerset Hills Country Club (Somerset Hills) appeals from an award of workers' compensation to its employee, Teddy W. Bird, who was found to have contracted Lyme disease while working as a groundskeeper for Somerset Hills. Somerset Hills contends that Bird did not prove that he suffered from a compensable occupational disease under N.J.S.A. 34:15-31...

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