Caputo v. Best Foods, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered

Pbk Ctjkiam.

This workmen’s compensation case was certified while the appeal from the county court judgment in favor of petitioner was pending in the Appellate Division.

On September 1, 1949 Joseph A. Caputo sustained an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with Best Foods, Inc., as the result of which he lost the sight of both eyes. On May 21, 1953 he was awarded compensation for total permanent disability. In the meantime a suit brought by him against a third-party tort-feasor was settled for $60,000. A fee of $10,000 plus $200 as…