Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Celanese Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided October 11, 1954PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wachenfeld, J.
The authorities are divided upon the problem submitted, and the' reasoning employed in the different schools of thought is as conflicting as the divergent results.
The inquiry is whether compensation is due an employee who suffered an injury as a result of striking his head against the concrete floor of his employer’s premises during the course of his employment, when the cause of the fall was an epileptic seizure unrelated to his employment. The facts are not complicated or in dispute.
The petitioner had been an epileptic for a period of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Madden's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Matter of Connelly v. Samaritan HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Claim of Andrews v. L. & S. Amusement Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Pollock v. Studebaker CorporationIndiana Supreme Court · 1952
- Rozek's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Coleman v. Cycle Transformer Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
- Foxworth v. Florida Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
- Crotty v. Driver Harris Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- Luvaul v. A. Ray Barker Motor CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- American General Insurance Company v. BarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
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