Lohndorf v. Peper Bros. Paint Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Olipiiakt, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case, R. S. 34:15-7, et seq. The appeal, by certiorari, is from a judgment of the Passaic County Court of Common Pleas, which judgment reversed a determination and rule for judgment of the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau and awarded compensation to respondent. It therefore becomes our duty to appraise the evidence and determine the facts. Gilbert v. Gilbert Machine Works, Inc., 122 N. J. L. 533.

The question presented is whether the respondent has sustained the burden of proving that the coronary occlusion…