McFadden v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The Workmen’s Compensation Bureau awarded to prosecutor’s employee, McFadden, compensation for permanent total disability under R. S. 34 :15-1, et seq.; and the Hudson Court of Common Pleas affirmed the judgment.

The employer maintains that the evidence does not sustain the finding of a compensable accident, and that, even though it does, there is no proof of a resultant permanent injury; and that, at all events, the parties were both engaged in interstate commerce and the judgment is therefore coram non judice.

The facts are in the main free…