Stellmah v. Hunterdon Cooperative G.L.F. Service, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schettino, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division, 88 N. J. Super. 131 (App. Div. 1965), which had reversed the Plunterdon County Court’s affirmance of a judgment of the Workmen’s Compensation Division awarding death benefits under N. J. S. A. 34:15-13 to a child who was allegedly adopted in the Province of Quebec, Canada. We granted certification on plaintiff’s application, 45 N. J. 587 (1965).

Because of the unusual nature of the case we set forth the facts at length. On June 26, 1961 Prank M. Stellmah, Sr. suffered an accident…