Burton v. Board of Education

The case sub judice presents an issue of novel impression since a diligent search fails to reveal to date a reported decision analogous to the facts herein contained. It involves primarily the question of whether or not a school teacher injured in connection with a national rationing program can claim compensation from the Board of Education by whom she is legally employed.

The facts, as adduced before me, indicate that the petitioner had been employed for a great many years as a teacher of English in the high school operated by the Board of Education of the Borough of Verona. She admittedly…