Harper v. New Jersey Manufacturers Casualty Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The question is whether the term “total compensation” as used in R. S. 34:15-94 includes medical expenses and funeral expenses. The Commissioner of Labor brought suit in the Mercer County Circuit Court to recover the sum of $7,229.54 assessed, against the defendant on its 1945 expenditures for those items. Circuit Court Judge Smalley, sitting by consent in the trial without a jury, answered the question in the negative and accordingly rendered judgment for the defendant. The Commissioner appeals.

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